A translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English verse : with historical notes, and the life of Dante : to which is added, a specimen of a new translation of the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto /

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Author / Creator:	Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, author.
Uniform title:	Inferno. English
Imprint:	London : Printed by C. Dilly, 1785.
Description:	2 volumes ; 19 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321 -- Translations into English. Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321. Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321. Italian poetry -- Translations into English -- Early works to 1800. English poetry -- 18th century. English poetry. Italian poetry. Poetry. Subscription lists (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 1785. Bookplates (Provenance) Shelf marks (Provenance) Inscriptions (Provenance) Paper bindings (Binding) Binding labels (Binding) Early works. Poetry. Translations.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 2 forms part of the Gerald N. Wachs Collection of Nineteenth Century English Poetry.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1751381

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Other uniform titles:	Boyd, Henry, -1832, Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790. History of English poetry. Selections. Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. Vita di Dante. English. Scott, John, 1639-1695. Christian life. Selections. Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso. Selections. English. Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, Gerald N. Wachs Collection of Nineteenth Century English Poetry.
Provenance:	Copy 1, Volume 1: Illustrated bookplate: AK. Copy 1: Bookplate: The Hirsel Library. Press P. Shelf 3. Copy 1: Partly pasted-over manuscript inscription on front pastedown: [illegible] The Hirsel. Copy 2: Bookplate: Broughton Baptist Library. Copy 1: Binding: Quarter blue and pink sprinkled decorated paper with blue paper over boards; paper binding label on spine; untrimmed edges.
Notes:	Includes errata (volume 2, 2 pages at end). Includes list of subscribers: volume 1, pages vii-viii. Includes bibliographical references. English short title catalogue, entry T127831 Gerald N. Wachs Collection of Nineteenth-Century Poetry, entry 288

Table of Contents:

Volume 1. A summary view of the Inferno of Dante / from Warton's History of English poetry ; A comparative view of the Inferno ; Historical essay of the state of affairs in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, with respect to the history of Florence ; The life of Dante / from Lenoardo Bruni
The Inferno / of Dante Aleghiere
Volume 2. The Inferno of Dante [cont'd.] ; Summary view of the Platonic doctrine, with respect to a future state / [from] Scott's Christian life, part I., chap. iii, page 18-74 ; Specimen of a new translation of the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto.

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