Illustrated Dante (3v.)

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Illustrated Dante (3v.)
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

Illustrated Dante (3v.)

Dante Alighieri
Edition year 2007
Binding Leather
Illustrator William Blake
Translator Henry Francis Cary
Volumes 3
Weight 5 Kg
Dimensions 9 × 13 in

Edition details

Illustrated Dante by Dante Alighieri. (3v.). Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary, introduction by Robin Hamlin, with illustrations by William Blake. Purgatorio, translated by Henry Francis Cary, introductory essays by Michael Prodger, with illustrations by Salvador Dali. Paradiso, translated by Henry Francis Cary, introduction by Michael Prodger, with illustrations by Giovanni Di Paolo. Bound in quarter leather with moire silk sides. Inked top edge. Pictorial slipcase. 9x13in.

About the book

This collection presents Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, comprising Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, alongside substantial illustration. Dante's journey moves through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven as he encounters historical, literary and religious figures. The work combines theology, politics, philosophy and extraordinary poetic imagination in one of the great achievements of European literature.

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