1931 1st Edtn (Thus)/1st Prnt Ltd Edtn 902/1200 ALIGHIERI (DANTE) THE INFERNO FROM LA DIVINA COMMEDIA By Rev Henry Francis Cary Illus. William Blake Very Good Christianity
1931 1st Edition (Thus) 1st Printing,
ALIGHIERI (DANTE) THE INFERNO FROM LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
By Rev Henry Francis Cary
The Reverend Henry Francis Cary (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.
Illustrated By: William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. On 4 August 1772, Blake was apprenticed to engraver James Basire of Great Queen Street, at the sum of £52.10, for a term of seven years. At the end of the term, aged 21, he became a professional engraver.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Richard W Ellis for Cheshire House, New York
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages
ISBN:
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso); he is first guided by the Roman poet Virgil and then by Beatrice.
Bookplate from The General Theological Seminary Library, New York, Rare Book section
SKU: BTETM0002585
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 45, W: 60 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg
1931 1st Edition (Thus) 1st Printing,
ALIGHIERI (DANTE) THE INFERNO FROM LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
By Rev Henry Francis Cary
The Reverend Henry Francis Cary (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.
Illustrated By: William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. On 4 August 1772, Blake was apprenticed to engraver James Basire of Great Queen Street, at the sum of £52.10, for a term of seven years. At the end of the term, aged 21, he became a professional engraver.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Richard W Ellis for Cheshire House, New York
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages
ISBN:
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso); he is first guided by the Roman poet Virgil and then by Beatrice.
Bookplate from The General Theological Seminary Library, New York, Rare Book section
SKU: BTETM0002585
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 45, W: 60 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg
1931 1st Edition (Thus) 1st Printing,
ALIGHIERI (DANTE) THE INFERNO FROM LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
By Rev Henry Francis Cary
The Reverend Henry Francis Cary (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.
Illustrated By: William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. On 4 August 1772, Blake was apprenticed to engraver James Basire of Great Queen Street, at the sum of £52.10, for a term of seven years. At the end of the term, aged 21, he became a professional engraver.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Richard W Ellis for Cheshire House, New York
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages
ISBN:
The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso); he is first guided by the Roman poet Virgil and then by Beatrice.
Bookplate from The General Theological Seminary Library, New York, Rare Book section
SKU: BTETM0002585
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 45, W: 60 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg
Very Good - The Inferno from La Divina Commedia, from an edition limited to 1200 this is #902, translated by Rev. Henry Francis Cary, 7 plates after the engravings of William Blake, decorative initials in red, original calf stamped in blind in panel design, spine foot worn, elsewhere scuffing, housed within original presentation box, joints broken so detached in two. Composed by hand in 22 point Caslon, and an old Italic, it is printed from type by Richard Ellis. Folio (49 x 31 cm). 210 pp. Full calf with five raised bands and red leather label to spine.
Includes seven copper plate engravings from illustrations by William Blake, the only examples engraved from over a hundred he produced for a commission by John Linnell (very few of them were completely finished at the time of his death), all present as called for.
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