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The paradiso
by Alighieri, Dante
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. M. Dent and Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1903. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in green leather with gilt titles and decoration, spine and edges sunned, leather worn at edges, minor loss at top of spine and splits at spine/boards, endpapers foxed, name and date on front endpaper. 418 pages, frontispiece. Temple Classics series .
Synopsis
In The Paradiso , Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aucott & Thomas
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57796
- Title
- The paradiso
- Author
- Alighieri, Dante
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Co
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / English;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aucott & Thomas
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Ibstock, Leicestershire
About Aucott & Thomas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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