[Rarebooks] FS: Longfellow INSCRIBED to his Son, A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY, price reduced

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Price reduced to $1500 NET

[LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth] CROWE, J. A . A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN 
ITALY, FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. London: John Murray, 
1864. First Edition. Three octavo (5-3/4" x 9") in publisher's 
gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 99 plates. A Presentation 
Copy from Longfellow INSCRIBED TO HIS SON in the poet's distinct hand on 
the first blank: "Ernest W. Longfellow/with his father's love/and good 
wishes./June 1, 1876." In addition the poet has written his son's name 
with the date 1876 on the first blanks of the other two volumes. Some 
scattered foxing, generally very clean; minor spotting to cloth. Very 
Good and a scarce family Association Copy.

Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (1845–1921) was the second of the famed 
poet's six children. He was an established artist at the time of 
receiving these volumes from his father, having exhibited at the 
National Academy of Design in 1871 and 1875; the Williams & Everett 
gallery in Boston in 1875; the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia; and 
later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Botolph Club in 
1880. (#017699)        $2,500.00

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