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Auction archive: Lot number 183

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$1,800
Auction archive: Lot number 183

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$1,800
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. 58 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Inscribed by John Henry Nash to Edward F. O'Day and with bookplate of Louis E. Goodman in each volume. Also included is the prospectus volume, bound in marbled boards.. Lot Amendments Condition: Light spotting to vellum, as usual; else near fine. Item number: 191004

Auction archive: Lot number 183
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 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. No. 58 of 250 copies. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press. Inscribed by John Henry Nash to Edward F. O'Day and with bookplate of Louis E. Goodman in each volume. Also included is the prospectus volume, bound in marbled boards.. Lot Amendments Condition: Light spotting to vellum, as usual; else near fine. Item number: 191004

Auction archive: Lot number 183
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 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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