Author: Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary
Title: The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise
Description: London, Cassell and Company, Limited, c1898. Cloth. Dante's important narrative poem, complete with illustrations by Gustave Dore. Gustave Dore's impressively illustrated edition of Dante's 'Purgatory' and 'Paradise', from his 'Divine Comedy&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifty-nine plates.Collated, complete.'Divine Comedy' is an important Italian narrative poem, the pre-eminent work of Italian literature, considered to be one of the greatest works of world literature.Beautiful illustrations by Gustave Dore, an eminent French artist of the nineteenth century, perhaps best known for his illustrated edition of the Holy Bible.Translated to English by Henry Francis Cary.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, a little worn, with marks to the boards and spine. Tears to the head and tail of the joints, heavier to the front joint. Rubbing to the joints, extremities, and to the gilt to the front board. Spine is faded. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm, rear hinge is tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Gustave Dore. Good .

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