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Title

  • The comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence commonly called the Divine comedy; a line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original by Melville Best Anderson

Other Title

  • Divine comedy

Names

  • Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
  • Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933, translator
  • Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947, printer
  • Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933
  • Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941, donor
  • Hersholt, Jean, 1886-1956, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Press Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • San Francisco : Printed by John Henry Nash, 1929.

Contents

  • [1] The Florence of Dante, by M. B. Anderson.--[2] Inferno.--[3] Purgatorio.--[4] Paradiso.

Headings

  • -  Dante Alighieri,--1265-1321--Homes and haunts--Italy--Florence

Notes

  • -  Title from v. [2]-[4].
  • -  "Two hundred and fifty copies."
  • -  "This translation, first printed ... in 1921, has now been revised throughout & provided with full notes."--Translator's note.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2321
  • -  LC has copy no. 140.
  • -  LC copy: Gift: Albert M. Bender, Feb. 3, 1941.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-11-04 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-16 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 4 v. ; 36 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ4315 .A5 1929
  • PQ4315 .A5 1929 Copy 2 v. 1 only. Unnumbered copy in marbled boards.
  • PQ4315 .A5 1929 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection item 2321. LC has copy no. 207. In 2 cases; accompanied with bound prospectus. Bookplate: Jean Hersholt.
  • PQ4315 .A5 1929 Copy 4 v. 1 only.

Repository

  • e-GenCol Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 32009145

OCLC Number

  • 4369323

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dante Alighieri, John Henry Nash, Melville Best Anderson, Albert M Bender, Jean Hersholt, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Press Collection. The comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence commonly called the Divine comedy; a line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original by Melville Best Anderson. translateds by Anderson, Melville Best San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1929. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/32009145/.

APA citation style:

Dante Alighieri, Nash, J. H., Anderson, M. B., Bender, A. M., Hersholt, J., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Press Collection. (1929) The comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence commonly called the Divine comedy; a line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original by Melville Best Anderson. Anderson, M. B., trans San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/32009145/.

MLA citation style:

Dante Alighieri, et al. The comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence commonly called the Divine comedy; a line-for-line translation in the rime-form of the original by Melville Best Anderson. trans by Anderson, Melville Best San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1929. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/32009145/>.