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Auction archive: Lot number 362

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$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,560
Auction archive: Lot number 362

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$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,560
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. Housed in 4 custom slipcases. No. 44 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to vellum, as usual; else near fine. Item number: 191476

Auction archive: Lot number 362
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
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. Housed in 4 custom slipcases. No. 44 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Lot Amendments Condition: Some spotting to vellum, as usual; else near fine. Item number: 191476

Auction archive: Lot number 362
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
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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