The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Volumes 1 & 2

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970. First Edition Thus. First Printings. Two octavo volumes (20.75cm); dark gray cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spines; dustjackets; [viii],[1]-382,[2]; [xii],[2],3-683,[1]pp + foldout map; with parallel text in Italian and English. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown of Vol.2, and that volume bearing his neat pencil markings and notations throughout the text. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjackets, unclipped (priced $25.00), lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled, spines gently sunned, with a few tiny tears and creases, and a few faint splash marks. Singleton's translation of Inferno, with Vol.1 containing the text and translation, and Vol.2 containing commentary. Part of the Bollingen Series. 88508.