The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso (The Divine Comedy).
“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge": Finely Bound Copy with Hand Painted Covers of Dante's Divine Comedy
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso (The Divine Comedy).
DANTE ALIGHIERI,.
Item Number: 59042
Florence: G.C. Sansoni, c. 1890.
Attractive bindings of Dante’s masterpiece. 12 mo, 3 volumes, bound in period full vellum, covers painted by hand. Each with a portrait, text, and other flourishes in the style of an illuminated manuscript.
Written in rhymed 6-line stanzas, this is the rare Henry Boyd 1st translation into English of the Divine Comedy, Italian La Divina Commedia, original name Commedia, a long narrative poem written c. 1308–21 by Dante. It is usually held to be one of the world’s great works of literature. Divided into three major sections—Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—the narrative traces the journey of Dante from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light, culminating in the Beatific Vision of God.
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