The Divine Comedy. Translated into English Verse by I. C. Wright. Illustrated with Engravings on Steel, after Designs by Flaxman. [BUMPUS FINE BINDING]

Language: English

Published by London: George Bell & Sons, 1891

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Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (18 x 12.5 x 3.5cm), pp. [xxiv], 460. English text, translated by I. C. Wright. Exquisitely bound in contemporary red full calf by Bumpus, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece and engraved title with vignette portrait, plus 33 full-page engravings by Flaxman, footnotes, rear index in double columns. Contents: Preface; The Spirit of Dante; Extracts from Dante's Prose Works; Memoir of Dante; Intro to the Inferno; The Inferno, Canto I - XXXIV. Intro to the Purgatorio; Purgatorio, Canto I - XXXIII; Intro to Paradiso; Paradiso, Canto I - XXXIII; Index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Slight sunning to spine. Minor scuffing to covers. Contents well-preserved with some spot to fore edge. A handsome copy.

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Title
The Divine Comedy. Translated into English Verse by I. C. Wright. Illustrated with Engravings on Steel, after Designs by Flaxman. [BUMPUS FINE BINDING]
Author
ALIGHIERI, DANTE
Publisher
London: George Bell & Sons
Publication year
1891
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Seller catalogs
Classic Literature, Dante Alighieri, Fine Bindings

MFR RARE BOOKS

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