Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante’s Divine Comedy by Giovanni di Paolo by John Pope-Hennessy. First Edition stated, 1993 Random House. Second Printing with partial number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3. Illustrated by Giovanni di Paolo.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, cloth boards with a mild curvature, strong title gilt on a square spine and front cover, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and two lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the half title page. No other marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear, and the price cut from the front flap.
Paradiso , the final section of Dante Alighieri’s epic theological poem La Divina Commedia, is one of the indispensable works of the Western literary canon. A lavishly illustrated edition of one of the greatest epic poems in history. Sir Kenneth Clark calls it “unquestionably the most beautiful illustrated Dante in existence.”
Large volume ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
