4 Volume Catalogue of Dante Collection Theodore Koch Cornell Univ Divine Comedy
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4 Volume Catalogue of Dante Collection Theodore Koch Cornell Univ Divine Comedy. Sun toning to covers. Age toning and light wear to covers. Over 12,500 entries given in this massive bibliography. Cornell University Library Catalogue of the Dante Collection Presented by Willard Fiske and Compiled by Theodore Wesley Koch. Over 12,500 entries given in this massive bibliography. Original owners name in pencil in all volumes. 1) Catalogue Volume I - 270 pages - most of which remain uncut - in softcover wraps. Back cover has separated and there is wear to the spine. 2) Catalogue Volume II - 340 uncut pages in softcover wraps. Corner bump affects first 10 pages or so and there is wear to the spine. 3) Catalogue of the Dante Collection - Additions 1898-1920 - Compiled by Mary Fowler - Ithica, NY; 1921. 152 pages in wraps. Age toning and light wear to covers. 4) Hand List of Framed Reproductions of Pictures and Portraits belonging to the Dante Collection of Cornell University Library - Ithica, NY; 1900. 20 pages in wraps. Sun toning to covers. Free Shipping!! Willard Fiske donated thousands of volumes to Cornell including a 1536 edition of the Divine Comedy that he purchased in April 1892 and directed to be sent directly to Cornell. The Fiske Dante C ollection grew out of this acquisition and as of 2005 numbered approximately 10,000 volumes.
