DANTE'S INFERNO - With Illustrations by Gustave Dore
Book Details + Condition: Cassell & Company (New York, London and Paris). Circa 1885 edition of Dante's INFERNO (no date provided), with illustrations by Gustave Dore. Translated from the original Dante Alighieri by Henry Francis Cary. With critical and explanatory notes. Folio; measures 13" x 10.5". Weighs nearly 7 pounds. Beautiful edition, with elaborate gilt-decorated full leather boards and all page edges gilt. Tight binding; rubbed leather corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards; binding tape has been added to spine; text is clean and unmarked save owner's name on title page; gilt remains bright. Please see our other listing for Dante's PURGATORY & PARADISE, from the same year and publisher.
