THE VISION OF PURGATORY AND PARADISE BY DANTE ALIGHIERI - With Illustrations by Gustave Doré
Book Details + Condition: Cassell and Company (London, Paris and Melbourne). New Edition circa 1880 (ND) of THE VISION OF PURGATORY AND PARADISE, with illustrations by Gustave Doré. Translated from the original Dante Alighieri by Henry Francis Cary. With critical and explanatory notes. Folio; measures 13.5" x 11". Two volumes, weighing nearly 9 pounds in total. Beautiful edition, with pebbled boards and three-quarters leather binding. In very good condition, with tight binding; wear to board/spine edges; rubbed leather corners and edges; text is clean and unmarked. Please see our other listing for Dante's INFERNO, from the same year and publisher.