The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Hans Mardersteig, SIGNED, Limited Editions Club

Alighieri, Dante, Verona, Italy: Officina Bodoni, 1932, #281/1500, Very Good +, fo, 8 ½” x 13”, 492 pp. SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig

Very Good + folio, red and cream patterned cloth over boards, red and yellow title stamp to spine, deckle edged pages. Fair slipcase, brown paper over boards, tape to the top edges for support, closed tear 8 ¾” to top edge, edgewear, exposed boards along opening, shelfware, 492 pp. Translated into English verse by Melville Best Anderson with notes and elucidations. Introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed and printed by Hans Mardersteig. The Divine Comedy is a 14th-century Italian epic poem that allegorically depicts the soul’s journey through the realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, guided by reason, divine love, and spiritual enlightenment. Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher whose Divine Comedy established him as a foundational figure in Western literature and the "father" of the Italian language for his pioneering use of the vernacular. 

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