La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri - Pub:Pietro Rolandi 20 Berners St London

Rare volume published in 1845 by Pietro Rolandi, 20 Berners Street, London 

"From the 1820s private residences in Berners Street began to be outweighed by lodging houses or quieter trades, such as the Italian bookshop of Pietro Rolandi, long a haven for literary and political exiles at No. 20 from 1826"

Italian language

Frontispiece (steel engraving?) of Dante dated 1844 - the engraving has a tissue guard which has age related foxing.

First two thirds of the book the pages are curved inwards -  please see the photos

Front cover is sadly detached from the volume and spine covering is missing.

Previous owner's name written on the reverse of the first end paper.

Please see the photos as these form part of the description.