Author: Dante Alighieri; Rev. Henry Francis Cary [Trans.]
Title: The Vision of Hell & the Vision of Purgatory and Paradise
Description: London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1903 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated pair of works, comprised of Dante Alighieri's The Vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, complete with 135 plates after illustrated by Gustave Doré. Bound in half straight-grain morocco with cloth boards. Comprised of Dante Alighieri's 'The Vision of Hell' and 'The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise&apos.Originally published in seventy-two separate parts, with thirty-six to each work. Cassell's illustrated edition of Alighieri's long narrative poem, telling of the author's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise while representing the soul's journey to God. A very important Italian work. Translated into English by The Rev Henry Francis Cary, with critical and explanatory notes and a 'Life of Dante&apos. Superbly illustrated with 136 full page plates by Gustave Dore, popular and prolific artist and wood engraver. His art is widely recognised all over the world due to his bizarre and exuberant style that creates dream like scenarios, widely emulated by Romantic academics. Collated, complete. Often described as the father of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri was a mediaeval poet and philosopher, known for his poem Divina Commedia, and for his use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin; much of his work was written in Tuscan dialect, which was more accessible to all readers. Bound in half straight-grain morocco with cloth boards. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing to leather and marking to boards. Damp staining to the cloth causing some discolouration. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with the occasional area of light scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: M. Gustave Doré. Very Good .

Keywords: dante Alighieri dantes inferno vision of hell vision of purgatory and paradise dantes inferno M. Gustave Doré


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