Author: Dante Alghieri; Rev. Henry Francis Cary [translator]
Title: The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
Description: London, William Smith, 1845. Leather. A new edition of this important work from Italian poet Dante Alighieri. New edition, corrected. A translation of the Divine Comedy, an Italian narrative poem completed around 1321, which details an imaginative vision of the afterlife representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Western Church by the fourteenth century. Written by Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Translated by the Reverend Henry Francis Cary, a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante. In the original half calf binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor loss to the board tips with small cracks to the joints. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd small spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Vision Hell Purgatory Paradise Hell Dante Cary None


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