Antique Late 1800's Dante Divina Commedia Paradiso in Italian Gilded Leather Hc

Description

One of the world’s great masterpieces and a foundational text of Italian literature. The Comedy took over a decade for … more One of the world’s great masterpieces and a foundational text of Italian literature. The Comedy took over a decade for Dante to write, he worked on it in exile, having been sent out of his native Florence in 1302, when his political faction fell out of favor.

The work's genius was quickly recognized - Boccaccio himself was so obsessed with it that he was responsible for adding the prefix “Divine.” Over the years, it has influenced countless writers, among them Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and James Joyce. Borges claimed it was “the best book literature has achieved.”

Rare, late 1800's edition in Italian of Paradiso, the "Cantica Terza" or "Third Song" - the third volume of Dante's Divine Comedy. No publisher or printed date can be found on any of the pages.

Please note this book has no publisher or printed date on any of the pages. However, we are able to date this book to approximately the mid to late 1800's based on the binding style and the condition of the leatherbound cover and the pages.

This edition is a former library book; the top and tail edges are marked "Ryan Library - Iona College." The check-out record is blank, the Dewey number is hand-printed in white on bottom of spine.

Bound in brown textured-grained leather, raised bands on spine and titled in gilt with marbled endpapers.

The book size is 7.25" x 5" with approximately 353 pages, this third Paradiso volume starts with page 696 and ends with page 1047. less