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22 - [GILDED]. DANTE. INFERNO. French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, accompanied by the Italian text. P., Hachette, 1865. Large folio, ½ tan shagreen by the publisher, havan-colored chagrin-textured cloth covers with blind-stamped borders, front cover adorned with gold lettering, flat-ribbed spine decorated with blind-stamped and gilt panels, gilt title, gilt edges (Ch. Magnier). A few faint foxing spots, mainly on the endpapers. NEW EDITION; the first printing was published by the same publisher in 1861. FRONTISPICE PORTRAIT of Dante and 75 out-of-series woodcuts, printed on a tinted China paper background by Gustave DORÉ; each of these plates is protected by a captioned border. “In no other work illustrated by Doré are there more beautiful drawings than in this one.” (Leblanc). A BEAUTIFUL COPY, fresh, printed on fine, sturdy white vellum. ¶ Leblanc, 77.
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[GILDED]. DANTE. INFERNO. French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino, accompanied by the Italian text. P., Hachette, 1865. Large folio, ½ tan shagreen by the publisher, havan-colored chagrin-textured cloth covers with blind-stamped borders, front cover adorned with gold lettering, flat-ribbed spine decorated with blind-stamped and gilt panels, gilt title, gilt edges (Ch. Magnier). A few faint foxing spots, mainly on the endpapers. NEW EDITION; the first printing was published by the same publisher in 1861. FRONTISPICE PORTRAIT of Dante and 75 out-of-series woodcuts, printed on a tinted China paper background by Gustave DORÉ; each of these plates is protected by a captioned border. “In no other work illustrated by Doré are there more beautiful drawings than in this one.” (Leblanc). A BEAUTIFUL COPY, fresh, printed on fine, sturdy white vellum. ¶ Leblanc, 77.
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