{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri-suntup-limited-numbered-edition-2023-signed-hollander-translation","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALIGHIERI, Dante. The Divine Comedy. \u003c\/strong\u003eSuntup Editions, 2023. Limited, Numbered, Signed Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7¼” x 10¾” trim size. 1,584 pages. Limited to 250 copies, out of which this is number 165. Signed by Robert Hollander. Published in two volumes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I includes the complete English translations of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso by Robert and Jean Hollander; and Volume II, a supplemental volume of over 1,100 pages includes extensive and accessible introductions and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I is a Millimeter style binding covered in a decorative paper printed with an historical design from traditional Renaissance Italian woodblock printed papers. Upper and lower edges are capped in blue goatskin from J. Hewit \u0026amp; Sons. The gold foil blocked spine label, and the head \u0026amp; tail bands are goatskin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume II is a sewn and jacketed softcover, with the jacket glued at the spine and titling in gold foil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I includes four tipped on illustrations by William Blake (1757–1827). Volume II includes a portrait of Dante by Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572) as a frontispiece. Text pages set in the elegant Centaur type, a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I is printed letterpress on Mohawk Via Laid paper in two colors on the title, contents, cantica title and canto pages, by Bradley Hutchinson in Austin, Texas on his Heidelberg Cylinder. Volume II is printed by offset lithography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ornament appearing on these pages was designed for this edition by Jerry Kelly and was cut in metal and cast by Ed Rayer at Swamp Press. Interior design \u0026amp; typography is by Jerry Kelly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoused in a clamshell enclosure covered in a durable linen cloth with velour lined floors and a leather spine label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near-fine set, with square and firm bindings and clean, uninscribed pages. On close inspection, there is the smallest, innocuous mark to one edge of the commentary volume (pictured) - this is a colour transfer from the manufacturing process. In a clamshell case with trivial shelf-wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54358257631571,"sku":null,"price":1175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/The-Divine-Comedy-DANTE-ALIGHIERI-Suntup-Numbered-Edition-2025-Robert-Hollander_22.webp?v=1784565916","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri-suntup-limited-numbered-edition-2023-signed-hollander-translation","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}