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Auction archive: Lot number 328

Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,320
Auction archive: Lot number 328

Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,320
Beschreibung:

Title: [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson Author: Dante Alighieri Place: San Francisco Publisher: John Henry Nash Date: 1929 Description: 4 volumes including: Inferno. * Purgatorio. * Paradiso. * The Florence of Dante Alighieri. (Folio) 13¾x9, original full vellum, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. 168 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Also included is the prospectus volume, bound in marbled boards. Bookplates of the "House of Belt". Lot Amendments Condition: Vellum a bit soiled; spine perishing on prospectus; very good. Item number: 246667

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson Author: Dante Alighieri Place: San Francisco Publisher: John Henry Nash Date: 1929 Description: 4 volumes including: Inferno. * Purgatorio. * Paradiso. * The Florence of Dante Alighieri. (Folio) 13¾x9, original full vellum, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. No. 168 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Also included is the prospectus volume, bound in marbled boards. Bookplates of the "House of Belt". Lot Amendments Condition: Vellum a bit soiled; spine perishing on prospectus; very good. Item number: 246667

Auction archive: Lot number 328
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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