Dante’s Inferno – Dante Alighieri – ca. 1890 | Gustave Doré Edition

Dante’s Inferno, from the Divine Comedy, is one of the most famous works of allegorical literature; a work that has referenced and reworked for centuries. Henry Cary’s English translation is considered one of the most popular translations of the work, though that may be attributed to the artwork of Gustave Dore that is regularly found with Cary’s English. Dore’s artwork is striking, and it appears in 70 plates throughout this large 19^th-century tome.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dante’s Inferno
• Author(s): Dante Alighieri
• Illustrator(s): Gustave Doré
• Contributor(s): Henry Francis Cary (Translator)
• Publisher: Chicago: Charles C. Thompson Co
• Edition: New edition, ca. 1890.
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Original red cloth with gilt titles and black stamped illustration
• Size:  11.75 in x 9.75 in (29.8 cm x 24.8 cm)
• Collation: [viii], 162 pp
• Illustrations: 70 full-page steel engravings by Gustave Doré
• Contents Include:
  • Full English translation of Inferno by Henry Francis Cary
  • 70 full-page engravings
  • Introductory note and canto prefaces

Condition:

Good. Original cloth binding with illustrated front cover, moderately stained and rubbed. Binding secure with no loose pages. Corners bumped, minor wear to spine ends. Internally complete, contents clean with moderate age toning throughout. All engravings present.

Why Collect This?

• Full suite of Dore’ “Inferno” engravings
• Collectible of Dore art and Dante editions

Item Number: #28962