BINDMAN, DAVID - The Divine Comedy of William Blake![]() Paris: Bibliothèque de l'Image, 2000. Hardcover. ISBN: 2909808939. Dante's epic poem was depicted in watercolors by the English poet and artist William Blake near the end of his life from 1824 to 1827. Color reproductions of the paintings are presented in a deluxe multilingual edition, with explanatory descriptions of them by David Bindman. Text presented side-by-side in English, French [translation by Nicholas Powell] and German [translation by Inge Henneforth]. Dante's text does not appear in this work, though Bindman makes frequent allusions to it. --- This hefty oblong volume with tan paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth with spine titling in ivory. Volume wrapped in jacket with dramatic Blake illustration from Canto 31, Hell, to front panel. --- An about-Fine copy; bright, newish, tightly-bound and lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped, unpriced dust jacket also in excellent shape and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Oblong Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 224 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket . USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30 | JP¥ 5947] Book number 89409is offered by:
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