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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manycats, post: 5081934, member: 13761&quot;]I think former owner Mr. Hamilton (Ms.?) had a slip o&#039; the pen while dating the book, acquired in May of 1885 - should be either 5/85 or 5/1885. Numbered limited editions of the period almost always had a limitation notice stating the quantity and special features, if any, of the edition. Based on the binding style, which I (but perhaps no one else) think of as &#039;Eastlake&#039;, 1880-1885 is a plausible date for the book, especially given Bluumz&#039;s detective work on Crowell&#039;s location. Crowell published a lot of poetry in decorative bindings - here&#039;s a sample at the Lucile Project, an interesting web resource for dating some books by binding style: <a href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile/publishers/crowell/cr_large.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile/publishers/crowell/cr_large.htm" rel="nofollow">http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile/publishers/crowell/cr_large.htm</a></p><p>There isn&#039;t one exactly matching the Dante, but similar styles from 1882-&#039;85 abound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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