[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully bound and printed Dante
Charles Agvent
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Sun Sep 30 20:46:56 EDT 2012
DANTE, Alighieri. THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI. New York:
Limited Editions Club, 1932. Folio (8" x 12-3/4") bound in full cloth
specially woven in rose and buff by Fortuny of Venice with a gold-
stamped linen spine label. Translated and annotated by Melville Best
Anderson with an introduction by Arthur Livingston. Designed, printed on
rag mould-made paper, and bound by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina
Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the
designer on the colophon page, this is one of only 15 Presentation
Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon
page where the printed number "976" is struck through and the initials
"G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files,
and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy. Handsome
book, beautifully printed. Some sunning to the spine. Just about Fine in
a Good, intact slipcase with loss of paper along one side. (#016583)
$350.00
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