Three volumes bound as one. 8vo. xxiv, the pages of each volume numbered separately -- 220, 233, and 279 pp. respectively. Signed and inscribed by the translator, Albert R. Bandini on a blank prelim: "To Al Williams, I am sure you will enjoy the D.C. -- but take it in small doses. -- A.R. Bandini, The Translator." Additionally, Bandini has hand-corrected a number of line translations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Red dustjacket with black borders and lettering. Book is in very good + condition with light shelfwear. Very good DJ with small chips to head and tail of spine and to edges. There is also a tipped in Errata/Corrige page near the end of the book.

A Catholic priest born in Florence. Bandini was also a scholar, a poet, and an attorney who is perhaps best known as a founder of the Italian Catholic Federation. This lineal and rhymed translation by Bandini is scarce. It is especially so signed, inscribed, and corrected in his hand.

Italian Catholic Federation attorney inscribed