The golden legend / by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; illustrated with fifty engravings on wood, from designs by Birket Foster and Jane E. Hay
1854, First Edition in this form. London : David Bogue. Good copy in the original full leather binding with raised bands, gilt-blocked title to spine and all edges gilt. Covers ornamented with blind-tooling. The leather is somewhat dust-toned and rubbed with age, particularly at the joints and corners. Front free endpaper becoming loose; the text block is otherwise notably tight and clean. Some preliminary leaves have light dust smudges. The volume remains well-preserved overall. Item #453018
Physical description; vi pages, 1 leaf, 224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Title vignette. Notes (pages 211-224) written for this edition. Subjects; Leprosy -- Patients -- Germany -- Drama. American poetry.
Price: €125.00