1854 Rare Victorian Book - Evangeline, A tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated.

 

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Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Title: Evangeline. A Tale of Acadie. Illustrated with forty-five engravings on wood, from designs by Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster and John Gilbert.
Publisher: London, David Bogue, 1854. Fifth Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.5 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: vi-102 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full cloth with a beautiful gilt paneling (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Bound by Leighton Son and Hodge. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown,  gift note from a previous 1857 owner on the first endpaper - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with 45 beautiful illustrations by Benham, Foster and Gilbert.

The book: Rare and very attractive edition of Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie -- an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians.

The author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets from New England.