FRANKLIN LIBRARY: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 100 Greatest Books of All Time series, 1977, Leather top bound, Illustrated

VERY GOOD+ condition — Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Minor wear/fading to all corners. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. If unsure, please ask questions.


This text was featured in the Franklin Library series "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time". Published in 1977 and beautifully illustrated by Gustave Doré , the book is a 1st Edition thus.


All Franklin Library genuine full-leather editions feature:

• Full genuine leather binding.
• 22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers.
• Attached silk page marker.
• High quality paper.
• Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding.
• Gold gilded page edges on all three sides.
• Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look.


Included in an insert of background notes on the text, compiled by seller.


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" 'The Divine Comedy' . . . is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. ... "

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"Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, 'The Divine Comedy', is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three soaring canticles—The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso—have been gathered together in a single volume. Crystallizing the power and beauty inherent in the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul, 'The Divine Comedy' top is a dazzling work of sublime truth and mystical intensity."


The above text was taken, respectively, from Wikipedia and Penguin Publishing Group (via Google Books)
[Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy. United States: Penguin Publishing Group, 2003.]