The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Set of Three Volumes.
Printed in the UK. The Folio Society. 1998-2009. Folio Society edition. Leather and cloth over boards. Inferno
Hardcover goldenrod cloth over boards with slipcase. Folio. xviii, 151 pp. Illustrated with 32 full colour full-page plate reproductions of watercolour paintings by William Blake, with additional b/w plates in the introduction. Text taken from the 1831 edition of Cary's "The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri." Gilt title stamped on spine. Maroon topstain. Decorative maroon endpapers. Glue residue from removed bookplate on front flyleaf. Previous owner's bookplate on front prelims. Pages clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Spine and boards unblemished. Card slipcase lightly shelf worn with a small white mark on the front. A very good copy overall.
Purgatorio
Hardcover 1/4 blue leather over light blue moire silk over boards with slipcase. Folio. xvi, 154 pp. Illustrated with 34 full colour plate reproductions of watercolour paintings by Salvador Dali commissioned in 1951 by the Italian government for a seven hundredth anniversary edition of the Divine Comedy. Text taken from the 1844 edition of Cary's "The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri." 2008 second printing. Title, author, illustrator, and printer's device stamped in gilt on spine. Blue topstain. Decorative blue endpapers. Glue residue on the front flyleaf from removed bookplate. Pages clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Slight mark on the spine. Slipcase square and lightly shelf worn. A very good copy overall.
Paradiso
Hardcover 1/4 blue leather over blue moire silk over boards with slipcase. Folio. xi, 203 pp. Illustrated with 61 full colour plate reproductions of the illustrations of Giovanni di Paolo (1403-1482) originally created to accompany the poem. Text taken from the 1844 edition of Cary's "The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri." Title, author, illustrator, and printer's device stamped in gilt on spine. Blue topstain. Decorative blue endpapers. Glue residue on the front flyleaf from removed bookplate. Pages clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Boards and spine unblemished. Slipcase square and lightly shelf worn. A very good copy overall. Very good. Item #67638
Price: $650.00