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Sale 386: Illustrated Books – Fine Printing – Books in All Fields (#386) 08/21/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 08/21/2008 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #35 Dante's Inferno [and] Purgatory & Paradise

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$250

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Heading:

(Doré, Gustave)

Title:

Dante's Inferno [and] Purgatory & Paradise

Author:

Dante Alighieri

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Cassell & Co.

Date Published:

[c.1900]

Description:

2 volumes. Profusely illustrated throughout by Gustave Doré. 12¾x9¾, decorative brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black, all edges gilt.

Splendid version of Dante's epic, exquisitely decorated with Doré's definitive illustrations.

Condition:

Light rubbing, spine ends frayed, hinges tender; faint marginal dampstain; still very good.

Item#:

194801

Headline:

Dante's Inferno & Purgatory & Paradise Dore Illus
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