Alighieri, Dante; Gustave Dore

L'Enfer de Dante Alighieri avec les dessins de Gustave Dore. Traduction francaise de Pier-Angelo Fiorentino accompagnee du texte Italien.[WITH] Le Purgatoire et le Paradis de Dante Alighieri...2 Volumes

Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1868. Leather. Very Good. Item #47979

Folio. Pp. iv, 194 [1], portrait of Dante and 75 engravings; 407, [1], 60 engravings. 1872; 1868. Bound in full dark green morocco with thick borders in gilt to the boards front and rear, with titles stamped right on the leather to the compartments, compartments with thick gilt borders and gilt stamped crest of The Most Noble Order of the Garter, with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense. The leather is rubbed at the extremities, some scuffing and peeling at some edges, volume 2 boards with heavier scuffs and marks, with a rip in the leather at the upper front joint. All engravings with captioned guards, some guards a little foxed, sporadic foxing throughout, with light water staining for about the last 20 leaves of volume 2, but only at the fore-edge corner tips and pretty unobtrusive. Overall a very clean and bright set. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, hinges strong and the bindings tight and square. With a little bit of touch up to the leather, this set can look even better. Both Dante's and Dore's masterpieces in two volumes. Translated into French by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, with the Italian Text.

Price (CAD): $3,000.00