La Divina Commedia : or The divine vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English
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Type of record: Book
Title: La Divina Commedia : or The divine vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English
Other titles: Divina Commedia
Classmark: BC F Pr 2/NON
Creator(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Additional creator(s): Cary, Henry Francis (1772-1844) (Other); Botticelli, Sandro (1510) (Other); Casella, Mario (1886-1956) (Other); Nonesuch Press (Other)
Related people: Cary, Henry Francis; Botticelli, Sandro; Casella, Mario
Publisher: The Nonesuch Press
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): 1928
Language: English
Size and medium: [2] leaves, 325, [3] p., 42 leaves of double plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/296311
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003567389705181
Description
COLOPHON: Of this edition 1475 copies have been printed on Van Gelder paper for sale in England and America: The Italian text is that established by Professor Casella in 1923 and by him revised for this edition. The English version by H.F. Cary was published first in 1814 and with corrections in 1844: The pictures have been reproduced from Botticelli's drawings measuring each about 18 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches in Berlin and Rome. The text has been printed by the Westminster Press in Poliphilus Roman capital letters and Blado italic small letters: The pictures have been printed by Daniel Jacomet.
Text in double columns in Italian and English.
Additional description
No. 304 of an edition of 1475 copies printed on Van Gelder paper
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