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Fables : consisting of select parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto / imitated in English heroic verse, by Richard Wharton ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR5787.W43 F3 1804
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wharton, Richard, 1764 or 1765-1828, translator.
- Language:
- English
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Italian
- Physical Description:
- [2], 142 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Payne and Mackinlay, 87, Strand, 1804.
- Contents:
- The entrance of Hell : Dant. Inf. cant. III
- The story of Ugolino : Dant. Inf. cant. XXII, XXXIII
- The castle of Altaripa : from Berni's Orlando inamorato, cant. VIII, IX
- The garden of Medusa / Orl. inn. cant. XII
- The franklein's tale : from Chaucer
- The stories of Caligorante and Orillo : from Ariosto, canto XV
- Angelica and Medoro : Orl. fur. cant. XVIII, XXIII.
- Notes:
- Errata on page 142.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Addison & Sarova Auctioneers.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dante and Tasso Library Fund.
- OCLC:
- 31916547
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