La divina commedia or the divine vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English
by ALIGHIERI, Dante
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[London]: Nonesuch Press, 1928. Limited edition of 1,475 copies on Van Gelder paper, of which this is copy 876. [4], 324pp, [3]. Parallel Italian and English text, printed in double columns. With 42 sepia collotype plates (34 double-page). Original publisher's gilt-stamped orange vellum. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. The exquisite Nonesuch Press edition of Dante's magnum opus, the Italian text edited by Marion Casella of the University of Florence paired with the celebrated English translation of H. F. Cary; with 42 illustrations reproduced by Daniel Jacomet after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. . Folio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28556
- Title
- La divina commedia or the divine vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English
- Author
- ALIGHIERI, Dante
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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. ...