Dante. Le Paradis. Traduction de Lamennais. Illustration gravée sur bois de Giovanni Costetti
by Dante (Lamennais, translator) (Giovanni Costetti, illustrator) (François-Louis Schmied, typography)
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- Paperback
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About This Item
Paris: Editions du Belier, 1932. A PERFECT COPY ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER of this beautifully-illustrated edition of Dante´s Paradiso, with art déco typography by François-Louis Schmied. 141 pp. From a total edition of 500 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 54 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF COSTETTI'S WOOD-ENGRAVINGS, PRINTED WITHOUT THE TEXT ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. Laid in is a cordial handwritten letter (dated 1932) from Maurice Tahon, co-founder (with Schmied) of Editions du Belier, to the original purchaser of this volume. 4to. Sewn in original printed wraps. Suite of wood-engravings loose as issued. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS, in the original board chemise and slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39018
- Title
- Dante. Le Paradis. Traduction de Lamennais. Illustration gravée sur bois de Giovanni Costetti
- Author
- Dante (Lamennais, translator) (Giovanni Costetti, illustrator) (François-Louis Schmied, typography)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Editions du Belier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- svv coleillus
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