HUNT, LEIGH.

Stories from the Italian poets: with lives of the writers.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1846. First edition, 2 vols., large 12mo, pp. xviii, 417, [1] + 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated December, 1845; [6], 515, [1]; very good, bright set in orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. All points conforming to Brewer's first issue. Brewer, p. 217-19: "The contents of the first volume include critical notices of the lives and geniuses of Dante and Pulci with quotations from their works, and an appendix which gives the story of Paulo and Francesca, the story of Ugolino, and comments. Included in the second volume are Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso, and an appendix giving the Italian text of some of the translations." Item #15421

Price: $350.00