The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 3 Volumes, Art by Barry Moser

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 3 Volumes

Illustrated by Barry Moser

Easton Press Deluxe Edition

FINE Condition

This is a beautiful 3 volume leather bound illustrated edition of “The Divine Comedy” published by the Easton Press in 2001. In this superb translation with an introduction and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum, all of Dante's vivid images--the earthly, sublime, intellectual, demonic, ecstatic--are rendered with marvelous clarity to read like the words of a poet born in our own age. Barry Moser has produced 90 pen and wash drawings for this edition that have been met with critical acclaim. In their review of the books, Goodreads wrote, “This three-volume verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum of Dante's Divine Comedy with facing original text and with illustrations by Barry Moser, has been praised by Robert Fagles as "exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths," and by the late James Merrill as "lucid and strong . . . with rich orchestration . . . overall sweep and felicity . . . and countless free, brilliant, utterly Dantesque strokes." Charles Simic called the work "a miracle. A lesson in the art of translation and a model (an encyclopedia) for poets. The full range and richness of American English is displayed as perhaps never before."

Each of the books in this deluxe edition measures 11.25” x 7.25” and features the usual Easton Press fineries of premium leather covers, marbled endpapers, gold gilding and gilting, built in satin bookmarks. The three books that comprise “The Divine Comedy” are “Inferno” - 306 pages, “Paradiso” – 297 pages, and “Purgatorio” – 297 pages.

The books are in FINE condition with some superficial marks to the gilt.

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