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| Keywords: The Comedy of Dante Allighieri - Lower cover (c116b9).jpg Style Presentation; Caption Lower cover; Colour Black; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Blocked in gold; Cover Material Cloth binders With an autograph dedication from William M Rossetti to William Morris For another binding not digitised designed by Rosetti see C194a418 restricted 3 xxxi 248p London and Cambridge Macmillan and Co London R Clay Son and Taylor Printers Bread Street Hill 112x177x26mm Dark green endpapers and pastedowns Binder's ticket on lower pastedown / Bound by/ Burn/ 37 38/ Kirby St / Written on the upper endpaper verso / Wm Morris/ With the affectionate regard of/ W M Rossetti / Black ungrained cloth The lower cover has a central circle formed by a single gold fillet with flames blocked within it The upper cover has a circle on each corner each formed by a single gold fillet Each has a Greek Alpha and Omega blocked within it The central Square is formed by a single gold fillet Inside three circles are blocked each formed by single gold fillets Stars and flames are blocked in gold within and between the circles The spine is blocked in gold At the head the title / Dante's Comedy/ Hell/ is blocked between three gold fillets At the tail the date / 1865 / is blocked between two gold fillets This copy was purchased 8 July 1939 The copyright copy is at BL 11421 bb 16 date stamped 4 MARCH 1865 The original upper and lower covers are used as doublures Cover size 102x165mm object history Text 1865; London; Morris William object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding England place of discovery Barber Giles Rossetti Ricketts and Some English Publishers ™ Bindings of the Nineties In The Library 5th series 1970 p 316 William Rossetti states that this was the first binding design of Dante Rossetti British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000004556 ImageId ImageId 41883 Copyright BL The Comedy of Dante Allighieri Uploaded with GWToolset The Comedy of Dante Allighieri - Lower cover c116b9 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6456_4 jpg 19th-century bookbinding Bookbinding British Library Bookbindings | ||||
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