{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri-illustrated-neil-packer-folio-society-signed-limited-edition-2021-2","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALIGHIERI, Dante. The Divine Comedy.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-numbered, limited edition (number 249), signed by the illustrator to the front free endpaper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e223 × 149 × 26–35 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Dante. Printed by L.E.G.O. Bound by them in blocked full black goatskin leather; printed edges with lettering designs. Printed endleaves (a different repeat design for each volume). Black ribbon marker. Clamshell box in dark blue cloth lined in black paper with printed paper label titled (as above). Contains an ingenious drawer construction, printed with designs in red, grey and blue. Artist Neil Packer has provided illustrations for each of the cantos, alongside frontispieces, lettering, prints, bindings, endleaves and slip case (inside and out). Loosely inserted are three colour prints contained in a protective paper wallet printed with a marbled design by Jemma Lewis. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three volumes are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[1]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Volume One, Inferno\u003c\/strong\u003e, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, with an essay by Jhumpa Lahiri and essays by George Holmes, illustrations by Neil Packer. Pp. [1–2], [i–iv] v–cxxxvii [cxxxviii], [1–2] 3–199 [200–202]: [1] plate (facing p. [iii]). Printed in red and black. Blocked in copper; edges printed in red. Endleaves printed in red. The edition statement, printed letterpress by Hand and Eye, has been tipped in on page [i] and reads in part ‘limited to 700 numbered copies signed by the artist and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[2]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Volume Two, Purgatorio\u003c\/strong\u003e, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, with an introduction by George Holmes, illustrations by Neil Packer. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxii, [1–2] 3–200: [1] plate (facing p. [iii]). Printed in grey and black. Blocked in silver; edges printed in grey. Endleaves printed in grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[3]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Volume Three, Paradiso\u003c\/strong\u003e, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, with an introduction by George Holmes, illustrations by Neil Packer. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxxiii [xxxiv], [1–2] 3–201 [202–204]: [1] plate (facing p. [iii]). Printed in blue and black. Blocked in metallic blue; edges printed in blue. Endleaves printed in blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear-fine copies, with bindings firm and pages clean and free of any inscriptions. Housed, alongside a set of three fine prints in a fine portfolio, in a near-fine, ever-so-slightly shelf-worn clamshell case, with a small bump to one corner; else fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53770965221715,"sku":null,"price":1950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Divine-Comedy-DANTE-ALIGHIERI-Folio-Society-LIMITED-EDITION-Neil-Packer_1.webp?v=1779017946","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri-illustrated-neil-packer-folio-society-signed-limited-edition-2021-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}