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3 volumes. Illustrated with original lithographs by Sandow Birk printed by David Salgado on a Mailänder flatbed proof press. 35.3x27.7 cm (14x11"), each volume bound in full leather of various colors stamped in gilt. Includes: Dante's Inferno. 2003. With 71 original lithographs (35 of which are signed). [2], xiv, 211 pp. Slipcase. Binder's proof copy to match the edition of 100. Dante's Purgatorio. 2004. With 69 original lithographs (34 of which are signed). [2], xv, [1], 203 pp. Unnumbered copy to match the edition of 100, (binder's proof although not marked as such). Dante's Paradisio. 2005. With 69 original lithographs (34 of which are signed). [2], xix, [1], 203 pp. Unnumbered copy to match the edition of 100, (binder's proof although not marked as such). Each volume signed by Sandow Birk at colophon, as issued. Each full-page lithograph individually signed by the artist. Sandow Birk is renowned for his nine-year project American Qu'ran in which he hand-transcribed the entire Qur'an according to historic Islamic traditions and illuminated the text with scenes from contemporary American life. Here is its Christian antecedent, his interpretation of Dante. "Birk's images, based on Gustave Doré's 19th century engravings, along with text translated in collaboration with Marcus Sanders, create a full-fledged and entirely new version of Dante's classic." Prospectus for Dante's Inferno laid in. Includes the slipcase for The Inferno, the only volume issued with one. Scarce together with all three volumes.