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New York: Random House, 1993. first U.S. edition. hardcover. Book VG-: hinge separating at p. 100 but binding intact throughout, else clean, unmarked./DJ VG-: clipped, mild shelf wear. 4to 223pp. 132 illustrations, 93 in color. from front flap: "The British Library's Yates-Thompson codex of Dante's Divine COmedy was created around 1445 for the library of the King of Naples. Its sixty-one miniatures of the Paradiso--the third and last book of the poem--are by the Sienese artist Giovanni di Paolo. Not only are they outstanding works of art, but they also represent how the poem would have been read in the middle of the fifteenth century. This cycle of illustrations is now reproduced in color for the first time. Unlike earlier illuminated manuscripts of the Divine Comedy, the miniatures do not just portray Dante and Beatrice rising through the nine heavens of Paradise, but also illustrate the stories of the figures they encounter and many of the metaphors and classical allusions in the narrative. [. .…
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Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni Di Paolo Paperback - 1993
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- Title Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni Di Paolo
- Author John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy
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- Edition First U.S. Editi
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House (NY), New York
- Date January 1993
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780679428213 / 0679428216
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93016598
- Dewey Decimal Code 745.670
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NY: Random House, 1993. First Edition, First Printing; dj in mylar; 224 clean, unmarked pages; 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.. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by 132 illus/ 93 in Color. folio.
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New York : Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 p : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 65) With English translation of Dante's Paradiso. Contents; Introduction -- The illuminations / by Giovanni di Paolo -- Dante's Paradiso / translated by Charles Singleton. Subjects; Giovanni di Paolo approximately 1403-approximately 1482 Criticism and interpretation. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Paradiso ; Illustrations.Giovanni di Paolo. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Divina Commedia.
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