Dante's Inferno: First Part of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

(London; New York): Thames and Hudson, 1985. First Edition. Folio; in brushed green cloth, 311 pages: color illustrations; 30 cm. Printed on coated stock. Ex-library copy in well-rubbed boards with usual institutional markings to front endpapers and spine. Overall. a good(+) reading copy in a slightly cocked but tight binding. Original page-mark ribbon bound in. Pages clean. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780500013625

Inferno is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes Dante's journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. This Imprint includes bright vibrant color pictorials. Overall, a gorgeous edition. ¶ Tom Phillips (1937–2022) was a highly-regarded British painter, printmaker, and polymath whose work fused visual art, literature, and music in erudite, self-referential ways. A Royal Academician and translator of Dante, he is best known for A Humument (1966–2016), a lifelong project transforming W. H. Mallock’s Victorian novel A Human Document into a richly layered visual-textual palimpsest. Phillips’s art, often exploring systems, chance, and the interplay of text and image, spanned painting, collage, opera design, and portraiture—including a celebrated portrait of Iris Murdoch in the National Portrait Gallery—and his influence extended across the British conceptual and book-arts movements of the late twentieth century. // **Heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**