The Divine Comedy: Inferno / Purgatorio / Paradiso (Franklin Library 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World series) by ALIGHIERI, Dante - 1978

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Very Good+. 1978. Hardcover. A deluxe leatherbound reprint edition of the famous 14th Century Italian epic poem. With illustrations by William Blake. Translated by Charles Eliot Norton. Issued as part of the publisher's collection, the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet is included. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves made from high-quality papers. Brown silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Very Good+ copy but with conspicuous sunning to edges of moire endpapers, slightly warped rear board and mild loss of textblock edge gilding brightness; else bright and lacking additional damages or evidence of having been read.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); [10], 409 pages .