One of the great literary works of the Western canon, Inferno is the opening canticle of The Divine Comedy: Dante's visionary descent through the circles of Hell, where theology, politics, philosophy and poetry converge into an astonishing moral landscape.

Seven centuries on, its influence remains everywhere, from Milton, Blake and T.S. Eliot to Borges, Beckett and contemporary fiction. Steve Ellis' translation, first published in 1994, favours readability without sacrificing the architecture or momentum of the original terza rima. Clear, muscular and extensively annotated, it makes Dante accessible to first-time readers while remaining rewarding for those returning to the poem. A particularly handsome modern edition for anyone building a serious literature or poetry library.

1994 Chatto & Windus hardcover. First edition, first printing. Clean throughout with a tight binding and light shelf wear.