The Vision – Dante Alighieri – c.1881 | Cary’s English Translation, Leather

The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise by Dante Alighieri, translated into English by Henry Francis Cary, was issued by Frederick Warne and Co. around 1881 as part of the publisher’s Albion Edition series. The work presents all three parts of Dante’s epic: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Cary’s translation became one of the most read English versions of the Divine Comedy during the 19th century. This particular volume is bound with a brown morocco leather spine and board corners, paired with light brown cloth-covered boards.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
• Author(s): Dante Alighieri
• Contributor(s): Henry Francis Cary (Translator)
• Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co.
• Edition: Albion Edition, circa 1881
• Format: Duodecimo (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Half brown Moroccan leather, light brown cloth boards
• Size:  7.75 in x 6 in (19.7 cm x 15.2 cm)
• Collation: xlvii, [1], 496 pp
• Illustrations: Portrait frontispiece of Dante
• Contents Include:
  • Full-text of Dante’s Divine Comedy

Condition:

Near Fine. Spine leather is strong and unfaded. Corners are intact with minor rubbing. Slight creasing of hinges at the headband on front and back boards. The cloth panels show very light handling and maintain their original tone. The binding remains tight and secure. Pages are clean throughout and fully intact, with mild browning around the edges throughout. Gilt top edge remains bright.

Why Collect This?

• Mid-Victorian binding with morocco leather and cloth
• Complete text of all three parts of the Divine Comedy
• Ideal for Dante readers seeking non-modern printings

Item Number: # 28840