Product Description
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri , with translation by Charles S. Singleton - Paradiso, Purgatorio, Inferno Texts + Commentaries - a 6 Volume complete set of the Italian classic.
Cover: Hardcovers, 6 volume set. In each case the commentay volume is larger than the original text. In each volume the original Italian text is one one page and facing page has the translation to English.
Publisher: Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Date: 1977
Edition: Bollingen Series, uniform editions
Printing: 2nd Printing, 1977 ( this included revisions and corrections from the 1971 first edition _
Condition - Books, hardcover in uniform cloth, each with slightly different hue - Paradiso is almost cream coloured, Purgatorio is slate grey, and Inferno a dark rose pink.
Moderate foxing to the edges of textblocks. Light rubbing to the covers and spines. Good condition otherwise. No other flaws noted, no inscriptions. The top edge of the page block of the commentary of Purgatorio has a smudged brown mark.
The Italian text used in each volume is that of Giorgio Petrocchi.