1845 DANTE Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Ichabod Wright 3v

1845 DANTE Alighieri Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Ichabod Wright 3v

“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”

― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is one of the most important and long-lasting works for literature. This mid-19^th-century English edition was translated by Ichabod Wright, an edition of Dante which was considered to be one of the best translations. This beautiful three-volume set was published in London in 1845.

Item number: #24800

Price: $795

ALIGHIERI, Dante

Dante

London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1845.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
  • ‘Inferno’ – xxxii, 306
    • Includes engraved frontispiece
  • ‘Purgatorio’ – xii, 319, [1]
  • ‘Paradiso’ – xvi, 317, [1], xxvii, [1]
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Edward Francis Witts
  • Likely Edward Francis Witts (1813-1886), rector of Upper Slaughter in Gloucestershire. He was also the father of George Backhouse Witts (1846–1912), a British civil engineer and archaeologist who specialised in the prehistoric barrows of Gloucestershire. Motto: ANTE OBITUM NEMO FELIX
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (17cm x 10.5cm)

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