Item #017699 A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY, FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW, J. A. CROWE.

A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY, FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

London: John Murray, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Three octavo (5-3/4" x 9") volumes 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. Item #017699

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.

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