The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
This hardbound book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp. The gold guilt is in very good condition. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out. The boards have gold embossing. The spine is clean and neat.
Synopsis
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence to eventually settle in Ravenna. It is believed that The Divine Comedy —comprised of three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio , and The Paradiso —was written between 1308 and 1320. Dante Alighieri died in 1321.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of Palm Desert Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20230511E01
- Title
- The Divine Comedy
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library edition
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pa.
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 688
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature Collection;
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Friends of Palm Desert Library
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- Tight
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