Sale 659: Fine & Rare Books with three important ancient sculptures from Gandhara (#659) 11/15/2018 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 57 of 230:
Divine Comedy with Flaxman illustrations 1/650  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$180
Estimate:
$300 - $500

Title:
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

Author:
Dante Alighieri

Place:
Boston

Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin and Company

Date:
1906

Description:

6 volumes. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Engraved plates from the designs of John Flaxman; gravure frontispieces after other artists. (4to) 26.7x18 cm (10½x7¼"), period three-quarter morocco & cloth, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed; No. 348 of 650 large paper copies.

With two volumes each of Inferno, Purgatoria, and Paradiso.


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Some rubbing/sunning to joints and extremities, leather dry; 2nd volume of Inferno with ¾" piece of spine strip missing at top; some marginal darkening to contents; overall very good


 
Item number:
296455
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