La Vita Nuova (The New Life). The Photogravure and Colour Series by Dante Alighieri. Translated and Illustrated By Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1900

London: George Routledge & Son, 1900. In English. Undated, ca. 1900. Illustrated with eight sepiatone photogravures after paintings by Pre-Raphaelite leader Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Full leather with gilt spine lettering, raised spine bands, gilt tooled inner dentelles, 103 pages. The book's main flaw is its distinct uneven fading to the front and rear covers which were originally black but which have partially faded to a pleasing English saddle tan, spine also faded to that shade. Otherwise good to very good with light rubbing to the front joint, good hinges, sound text block, age-darkened but clean pages, three different names neatly written on the front free endpaper with different dates (1924, 1931, 1949) and a very small blindstamp with one of the same names at the top, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.