THE VISION: OR, HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE 1910 DANTE ALIGHIERI, FLAXMAN ILLS

THE VISION: OR, HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE 1910 DANTE ALIGHIERI, FLAXMAN ILLS

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[ALIGHIERI, DANTE]. The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. With 109 Illustrations by John Flaxman. London: Henry Frowde, 1910.

First edition thus. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (200 x 130 x 40 mm.). Pp. xlv, 578. English text. Stunning binding of quarter vellum; smooth spine gilt with morocco lettering-piece; top edge gilt; plain endpapers; half-title present; 109 illustrations by John Flaxman, plus a portrait frontispiece; printed footnotes; rear index in double columns. Contents: List of Illustrations; Preface; Life of Dante; Chronological View of the Age of Dante; Hell, Canto I--XXXIV; Purgatory, Canto I--XXXIII; Paradise, Canto I--XXXIII; Notes; Index. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the joints and covers very well-preserved. Some foxing to frontis and title, otherwise the interior is largely fresh and clean. Previous owner details neatly inked to fep. An excellent copy.