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LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, OR THE DIVINE VISION OF DANTE ALIGHIERI, IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH
by Dante Alighieri
- Used
- Condition
- A brilliant copy with absolutely none of the usual spine fading and no warping. Just a hint of soiling to cover, a bit of spotti
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
[London]: The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Limited to 1475 copies, this no. 1174. A brilliant copy with absolutely none of the usual spine fading and no warping. Just a hint of soiling to cover, a bit of spotting to edge of front flyleaf. Limited to 1475 copies, this no. 1174. 324p. Illustrated with 42 double-page plates after Sandro Botticelli. 4to. Bound in full orange-dyed vellum, gilt, t.e.g. on the rough. Housed in custom full slipcase of blue silk-covered boards with leather spine label gilt. Text in Italian and English side by side in columns. Edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence, the English version by H.F.Cary. Printed on Van Gelder paper with the Nonesuch watermark. Designed by Francis Meynell. Dreyfus 50.
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- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23761
- Title
- LA DIVINA COMMEDIA, OR THE DIVINE VISION OF DANTE ALIGHIERI, IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH
- Author
- Dante Alighieri
- Book Condition
- Used - A brilliant copy with absolutely none of the usual spine fading and no warping. Just a hint of soiling to cover, a bit of spotti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 1475 copies, this no. 1174
- Publisher
- The Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...