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'FLORENTINE EDITION'; leather-bound, softcover; quarto (27cm x 19cm x 3.5cm), pp. xxxii, 511, [1]. English text. Exquisitely bound in contemporary full calf over limp boards, the covers beautifully and elaborately embossed with a central oval portrait panel, woven-braided cover edges, patterned endpapers, half-title, title-page printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, profusely illustrated throughout. Printed at the Barbera Press, Alfani & Venturi Prop. Florence, Italy. Contents: Preface; Life of Dante; Chronological Table of Events in Dante's Life; The Vision - Hell, Canto I-XXXIV, Purgatory, Canto I-XXXIII, Paradise, Canto I-XXXIII; List of Artist; Index of Proper Names. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with very slight shelf wear to covers. Contents very well-preserved. A scarce edition in a wonderful binding.

An epic poem by Dante Alighieri, set in a spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise with Virgil and Beatrice as guides.