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The Ante-Purgatorio: Cantos I-IX of the Purgatorio
Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Translator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American, 1807–1882)
Illustrated by: Jack Zajac (American, born in 1929)
Publisher: Racolin Press (American, 20th century)
Translator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American, 1807–1882)
Illustrated by: Jack Zajac (American, born in 1929)
Publisher: Racolin Press (American, 20th century)
1964
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with ten etching and aquatints
Dimensions
Overall: 51 x 36 x 3 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Graphics I and Graphics 2
Accession Number1973.449
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: Racolin Press, 1964
Description(New York: Racolin Press, 1964) 51 cm; [3 ff.] 71 pp. [1 f.]; original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, original gilt-stamped vellum box (buff cardboard slipcase)
No. 46 from the edition of 200 regular copies, plus 15 not for sale. The etchings were printed by "Il Torcoliere," Stamperia d'Arte, Rome. The text was printed on Fabriano paper.
No. 46 from the edition of 200 regular copies, plus 15 not for sale. The etchings were printed by "Il Torcoliere," Stamperia d'Arte, Rome. The text was printed on Fabriano paper.
Signed
Graphite below the colophon "Zajac"; each etching signed in graphite below right "Zajac."
ProvenanceGraphics 1 and Graphics 2, Boston, by whom given to MFA, June 13, 1973.