[Rarebooks] FS: "The Divine Comedy" printed by John Henry Nash in 4 vols. 1929

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Dante Aligheri. ...THE DIVINE COMEDY. A Line-For-Line Translation in the 
Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson. San Francisco: Printed by 
John Henry Nash. 1929. Folio. 4 volumes. Each page of text within a printed green 
ruled border. Edition limited to 250 numbered sets. Orig. gilt ruled, vellum 
covered boards, some light soiling. Inscribed and signed by the translator, 
Melville Best Anderson, dated 26 August 1929. College library bookplates on 
front pastedowns, and a bit of foxing to some endpapers.     $1,500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
The four volumes are "Inferno," "Purgatorio," "Paradiso." and a scholarly 
work by the translator, Melville Best Anderson, "The Florence of Dante Aligheri". 
It took John Henry Nash 6 years to complete the printing of this set and it 
is a highlight of 20th century American printing.

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