Die goettliche Komoedie
By: uebersetzt von Karl Witte ; mit einer Einleitung von Max von Boehn
Contributors: Witte, Karl, 1800-1883, translator; Boehn, Max von, 1860-1932, writer of introduction, book designer; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Askanischer Verlag
Published: 1921
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 573
Subjects: Paradise; Poetry; Hell; Purgatory; Illustrations; Portraits
Work titles: Divina commedia
Notes: "Dante portrait und Dante illustration" by Max von Boehn: p. [5]-73 at beginning

"Von diesem Werke wurden je 250 in der Presse numerierte Exemplare in Ganzleder und Ganzpergament gebunden."--Half-title verso

"Die Illustration und typographische Ausstattung des Bandes führte Max von Boehn unter Zuhilfenahme venetianischer Drucke des 15. Jahrhunderts aus ..."--Title page verso

Title page printed in red and black

Title page and sectional title pages with ornamental borders

Illustrations, some mounted

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

In German; translated from Italian

Rare Book copy: Bound in full parchment, sewn on four supports; upper and lower covers stamped in black with a pictorial design in the style of 15th-century engravings; spine with six false raised bands, with lettering stamped in black and orange; top edge gilt.