[Rarebooks] FS: Prsentation copy of Richard Wharton's "Fables" London: 1804

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Wharton, Richard. FABLES: Consisting of Select Parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto. Imitated in English Heroic Verse. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for Payne and Mackinlay. 1804. (2),142pp. Untrimmed. Orig. boards, corners worn and some soiling, later tan paper spine backstrip with paper spine label. A presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "...With the author's respectful compliments."    $250.00 (trade discount allowed)
The text includes an early English translation of Cantos 3, 32, and 33 from Dante's INFERNO..

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