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The Illustrations of Gustave Dore for the Divine Comedy
Gustave Dore
其他書名
The Complete Collection
出版
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
, 2015-03-23
主題
Art / Subjects & Themes / Religious
ISBN
1508995443
9781508995449
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EhU1rgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The hundred and thirty-six illustrations of this book in large format have been originally done for the French and American editions of the
Divine Comedy
, between the years 1857 and 1868. That is to say: the portrait of Dante Alighieri (page 1); 75 illustrations for the
Inferno
; 42 for the
Purgatorio
; and 18 for the
Paradiso
. In the American version, the English translation of the famous poem of Dante was the first ever done in this tongue, by Rev. Henry Francis Cary.
This edition presents these plates in their original order, of course:
Inferno
(Hell),
Purgatorio
(Purgatory) and
Paradiso
(Heaven). However, we added three more illustrations to illustrate the introduction pages of each of these three parts, beautifully drawn by famous Irish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair in 1890. To each of the Dor�'s illustrations, we added the numbers of the cantos and of the verses they are supposed to illustrate. Thus, you will easily establish the correct correspondence between each and every picture and any original Italian version or English translation of the
Divine Comedy
. We also added to them the same corresponding excerpts of their
cantos
you could find in any original American version of the book (in two vol.: 1.
Inferno
[1861]; 2.
Purgatorio
and
Paradiso
[1868])-inasmuch as the verses of your version of this book are numbered, of course.
To those who are already familiar with the pictures Gustave Dor� drew for the
Divine Comedy
: we scanned ours from original printings before we carefully restored them and "cleaned" small scratches and various printing imperfections visible on any original copies. We also reviewed their contrasts (real black inking instead of gray) so as to restitute their depths often lost due to insufficient inking during the printing process of the 19th century. That's why and how they seem to be of a higher quality than in any original printing.