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2022 First Thus. 3 Fine Hardbacks. No inscriptions or bookplates. Fine presentation box. Illustrated by Neil Packer. Translated by Robin Kirkpatrick. Limited to 700 hand-numbered copies of which this is number 278. Essay by Jhumpa Lahiri. Editorial material by George Holmes. The Divine Comedy won the Fine Binding & Limited Edition category at BBD&P Awards 2022. An exceptional leather-bound limited edition celebrating 700 years of Dante's monumental work. Each set is numbered by hand and signed by the artist. Published to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, this fabulous leather-bound limited edition in three volumes combines 100 illustrations by Neil Packer, an exclusive introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri and introductions by George Holmes with Robin Kirkpatrick's acclaimed translation. Limited to just 700 hand-numbered sets, each signed by the artist, this is Folio's splendid commemorative edition of one of the greatest classics of world literature. Limited to 700 hand-numbered sets signed by Neil Packer. Bound in goatskin leather blocked in metallic foils with raised bands. Limitation tip printed letterpress on Woodstock Betulla paper. 100 illustrations in total. 808 pages in total set in Dante and printed on Corolla Book Laid paper. Books printed in two colours throughout. Page edges printed with hand-drawn lettering. Printed endpapers. Black grosgrain ribbon markers. Three volumes each 8.75" x 5.5". Presented in a hand-made cloth-covered case. Presentation case 5" x 12.67" x 8". Three separate prints for framing presented in a folder. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O., Vicenza, Italy. UK Postage �3.40; Airmail to USA and Canada �74.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World (including the EU), �74.40.

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