Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni Di Paolo
by Hennessy, John Pope
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- ISBN 10
- 0679428216
- ISBN 13
- 9780679428213
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1993. First Amer. edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. 224pp. Light brown cloth with gilt title on cover and spine in original dj. Minor scuffing to boards and dj. Slight rubbing to bottom edges. "This book is about the greatest of all poems. The third of the three sections or Cantiche of the Divine Comedy, the Paradiso, was composed in the years immediately preceding Dante's death in 1321." Illustrated with color reproductions in facsimile as well as annotated b/w plates. Translation of the Paradiso by Charles Singelton. In near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14304
- Title
- Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni Di Paolo
- Author
- Hennessy, John Pope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Amer. edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679428216
- ISBN 13
- 9780679428213
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- illustrated books, Italian Renaissance art , Sienese manuscripts, Italian painters, 15th century , Renaissance literature
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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