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(Children's & Illustrated) 2 Vols. (Dore, Gustave, illustrator). Dante Alighieri. A Vision of Hell. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1866. First English edition. Folio, contemporary richly gilt-paneled red morocco, richly gilt curvilinear and floral spine compartments, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt; corners and spine ends just rubbed, joints occasionally rubbed, other minor wear. With frontispiece portrait + 75 wood engraved plates, lettered tissue guards. Small dampstains to bottom blank margin of back endpapers and last few leaves, but otherwise internally clean. * Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. The History of Don Quixote. London, Paris & New York: Cassell & Company, [1883]. Thick 4to, original black and gilt-stamped pictorial mustard cloth; corners and spine ends slightly frayed, other minor wear. Frontispiece, numerous full-page illustrations, head and tail pieces. Light to moderate foxing to title page, other scattered light foxing at front and back.