Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), October 25, 1845, vol. 2, no. 16, p. ???, col. ?

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The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory and Paradise of Dante Alighieri. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, A. M., with the Life of Dante, Chronological View of his Age, Additional Notes and Index. Illuslustrated with Twelve Engravings, from Designs by John Flaxman, R. A. From the Last Corrected London Edition. New-York: D. Appleton if Co., 200 Broadway.

This is one of the most truly beautiful volumes ever issued even from the press of the Appletons. It is a duodecimo of neariy 600 pages, exquisitely printed on very fine paper, embellished with a dozen carefully engraved plates from Flaxman's inimitable designs, and the whole tastefully and durably bound. The title fully conveys the contents of the book, with the exception of the frontispiece — which is a likeness of Dante, engraved by Phillibrown, [column 2:] from the “last portrait,” by Giotto. This picture was discovered in the ancient castle of the Podesta, at Florence, in July, 1840. When found, it was encrusted with whitewash.

The Messrs. Appletons in giving us this edition, have rendered a very important service to the literature of the country.