Lot 252

Alighieri, Dante
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£1,008
Description
London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. First edition in English, 3 volumes, 8vo, portrait, half-titles in volumes 2 and 3, contemporary calf, volume 1 rebacked retaining older spine, volume 2 with cracked joints, volume 3 with one board detached, volume 1 title-page lightly browned, neat early ownership signatures of Marianne Bruce, volume 1 dedication bound between pp.404 and 405, volume 2 without pp.53-4 but gatherings complete and text continuous
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Footnote
Boyd's 1802 translation of Dante's complete Divine Comedy reignited the work's popularity.
