Book Title: Dante's Inferno; Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. from the original of Dante Alighieri, and illustrated with the designs of M. Gustave Doré.

Author: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Image Title: Dante Threatens the Shade of Bocca

Description: When Dante accidentally steps on one of the frozen souls he asks to know the sinner’s name; the soul refuses to tell him and Dante resorts to threats. He is revealed to be Bocca degli Abati, a fellow Florentine who betrayed his party (the Guelphs) at a battle in 1260. The engraver, Héliodore Pisan (1822-1890), has placed his signature at the bottom right, while the artist Gustave Doré (1832-1888) has placed his signature at the bottom left.

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