Contributions to the Textual Criticism of the Divina Commedia. Including the Complete Collation Throughout the Inferno of all the MSS. at Oxford and Cambridge

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. lvi, 723pp + "Catalogue of Works Published for the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press", 1889, 32pp. Good, though notably worn in places, original dark blue hardcover. Head and tail of spine are chipped, corners bumped, and some surface wear near the top edge of the front cover. Exterior joints are rubbed and weakening. Ex-library. Some looser joints repaired with archival glue. Pages unmarked and still bright. Binding intact but aged. Scholarly textual analysis of the first part of Dante's Italian and Catholic masterpiece "The Divine Comedy", "The Inferno" written in 14th century Florence. There is significant scholarly attention afforded to The Divine Comedy as a whole, particularly the manuscript tradition, but the critical Italian text provided is only The Inferno itself. As is frequently noted, Dante was influenced by Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and medieval scholastic thought in this famous poem. Text in original Italian with critical apparatus in English. Numerous folding plates in the appendices. Author of "Time-References in the Divina Commedia" and numerous other works on Dante.…