Author: Dante Alighiei; Dante Gabriel Rossetti [translator]
Title: The New Life
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1916. Cloth. A smart translation of this work from Italian writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri, with colour illustrations. Illustrated with eight colour plates, tipped in colour images, and decorations throughout. Collated complete. La Vita Nuova or "The New Life" is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse, originally published in 1294. Written by Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher best known for his Divine Comedy. Translated by Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator who founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Illustrated by Evelyn Maude Blanche Paul, a British artist best known for her book illustrations, including those replicating the style of medieval illuminations. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Evelyn Paul. Very Good .

Keywords: New Life Dante Rossetti Life Evelyn Paul


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