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(Fore-Edge painting) The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth · zz

Author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Date
c1890
Place
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Publisher
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Language
English
Binding
12mo. Full red leather with fancy gilt filigree frames bordering fancy gilt filigree lozenge to center of covers. Spine with five gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt author/title to second compartment, gilt snowflake device to all others, gilt "illustrated" to foot. Beige endpapers, all edges gilt. Early Fore-edge painting of Longfellows home in Cambridge Mass. No title page, part of a set?
Format
Fore-Edge painting of Longfellows Cambridge home.
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.5038

12mo. Full red leather with fancy gilt filigree frames bordering fancy gilt filigree lozenge to center of covers. Spine with five gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt author/title to second compartment, gilt snowflake device to all others, gilt "illustrated" to foot. Beige endpapers, all edges gilt. Early Fore-edge painting of Longfellow's home in Cambridge Mass. No title page. Fore-Edge painting of Longfellow's Cambridge home. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

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