Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus, 241 plates in all.

These 135 fantastic scenes depict the passion and grandeur of Dante's masterpiece — from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise.

This beautiful introduction includes 93 well-known, dramatic and beautiful scenes from the Old Testament, 81 from the New Testament and 10 from the Apocrypha. Here is the plague of darkness, Jonah cast forth by the whale, and the more gentle images from the New Testament the annunciation and Jesus? baptism.The text gives the reader a wonderful introduction to the poetic language of the King James Bible, whilst modern explanation tells the larger story. A wonderful gift contender most beautifully illustrated by the great master of his art.

All 50 of Doré's powerful illustrations for Milton's epic poem, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan. Appropriate quotes from the text are printed with each illustration.

"IN the midway of this our mortal life,I found me in a gloomy wood, astrayGone from the path direct: and e'en to tellIt were no easy task, how savage wildThat forest, how robust and rough its growth,Which to remember only, my dismay...

All 100 original plates from 19th-century classic, including The Massacre of Antioch, The Road to Jerusalem, The Baptism of Infidels, The Battle of Lepanto, many more. Magnificent, royalty-free illustrations with captions.