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  La Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno / Il Purgatorio / Paradiso [THREE VOLUME SET] [IN HEBREW].  
  Traduzione Ebraica di Immanuel Olsvanger.  

 
Author Dante Alighieri / Olsvanger, Immanuel [Tr.]
Place of Publication Jerusalem
Publication Name Tarshish Books
Year 1956 / 1970 / 1975
Language(s) Hebrew
Description
RARE COMPLETE HEBREW TRANSLATION of "The Divine Comedy" - a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri (c.1265-1321), begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. This first complete translation of "The Divine Comedy" into Hebrew was carried out by Immanuel Olsvanger (1888-1961) - an eminent Jewish folklorist, translator, journalist and Zionist activist. Aside "The Divine Comedy" he has translated Bocaccio`s `Decameron`, Goethe`s poetry, Bhagavad Gita from Sanskrit, Japanese poetry, and many other works into Hebrew, and published a poem book with his own Hebrew poems. This edition contains b&w reproductions of illustrations to the `Divine Comedy` by the Early Renaissance Italian painter Sandro Boticelli (c.1445-1510). [VOL.I]: 197x113mm. 247 pages. Softcover. Cover rubbed and slightly stained/dirty. Spine wrinkled. Cover corners/edges and spine edges slightly worn/wrinkled. Whitepages slightly age-stained. [VOLS.II&III]: 195x125mm. [236] + [261] pages. Quarter-cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket yellowing and slightly stained/dirty. Jacket edges and corners tattered. Spine edges slightly wrinkled. Whitepages age-stained. [VOL.II]: Cover yellowing. Small bump-mark on front cover bottom edge. Previous owner`s name written in pen on front whitepage upper corner. Front whitepage upper corner wrinkled and slightly torn. [VOL.III]: Spine slightly age-stained. Green pen inscription on pre-title page upper corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare illustrated complete Hebrew translation of one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature is overall in good condition.
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Catalog Index Number MS 20 07


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