Dante Alighieri; Melville Best Anderson (Translator);

[PROSPECTUS ONLY] This Book Announces the Publication in Four Volumes of the Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence, Commonly Called the Divine Comedy; a Line-For-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. Folio size, [13] pp. Near fine. Item #33331046

The original "announcement" or prospectus for John Henry Nash's special limited edition of the Divine Comedy, his magnum opus; the making of this set is a story in itself (see O'Day pp. 65-67, and "A Century for the Century" no. 18, for information on the set).

___DESCRIPTION: Bound in original marbled-cloth covered boards, printed on thick hand-made paper with the watermark of John Henry Nash, with letterpress compositions framed in pale green rules; folio size (14" by 9.25"), 13 pp.

___CONDITION: A near fine copy, the marbled cloth clean and wihtout noticeable wear, the hinges solid, internally bright, and free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the backstrip and spine lable, offsetting to the free endpapers, and toning to the text block edges.

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Price: $200.00