La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian and English
The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Limited edition. Fine. Hardcover. Item #23758 .
Folio. (8)324,(4)pp. plus 34 unpaginated. 4pp. plates mad 8 unpaginated, 2pp. plates. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella and the English version by H. F. Cary. Illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli.
Finely printed on Van Gelder paper with the Nonesuch watermark by the Westminster Press. Bound in full orange-stained vellum, with rules and oval gold-blocked on front and back boards, and arabesque on spine.
One of 1475 copies of which this is No. 546. The definitive Italian text by Professor Casella was first published three years earlier, but was filled with printing errors. These were carefully corrected for the Nonesuch edition. Cary's English translation, dating from 1814, is here published alongside the Italian for the first time. Illustrated with drawings after Sandro Boticelli. sq3
Some trivial rubbing to the vellum else this is a fine, bright copy. Housed in a custom leather backed, gilt spine, slipcase and chemise. The case and chemise show generalized wear, with worn corners, rubbed sides and a nearly perished cloth pull.
Nonesuch bibliography, #50.
Price: $3,000.00