Dante's Inferno
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. BOOK MEASURES 9.75"x7.25". 158 YEARS OLD. VOLUME ONE ONLY (THE INFERNO) OF THE DIVINE COMEDY. A STUNNING EXAMPLE IN REMARKABLE CONDITION.
This 1867 edition of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the first canticle of The Divine Comedy, presents the poet’s vivid vision of the descent through Hell as a moral and spiritual journey. Written in the early fourteenth century, the Inferno combines theology, classical learning, and powerful imagery as Dante is guided by Virgil through the circles of the damned. Long regarded as a cornerstone of Western literature, the work shaped centuries of poetry, art, and religious thought. This 1867 volume reflects the enduring nineteenth-century reverence for Dante as both poet and philosopher.
. Near Fine. Item #804
Price: $1,500.00