Here is a salesman dummy (sample) book for this series. It was published in the early 1890’s. These books were used by traveling salesman (such as H. M. Caldwell) to show the different books that were available. Frequently different formats of the same title were included in the Dummy Book. Here different titles in this same series were shown.

Series titles #1-4 are included in this sales piece. #1 Dore’s Bible Gallery and #4 Dante’s Purgatory and Paradise make up the front and back cover respectively. The book covers are 12 x 9.75 and are from the Format 1 books.

Titles #2 (Milton’s Paradise Lost) and #3 (Dante’s Inferno) are displayed when the book is opened.

Inside the back cover is a representative spine for the series.

In the back of the book there are sheets to record purchaser’s names and addresses.

Within the book there are short excerpts from The Dore Bible Gallery, Dante’s Inferno, and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

This item is among the rarest of all the Altemus ephemera I have seen over the years.