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Author Name
[DORE, GUSTAVE]. Alighieri, Dante.
Title DANTE'S INFERNO and DANTE's PURGATORY AND PARADISE.
Publisher New York: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, c. 1868-1872.
Seller ID 321
4to. 12" x 15". Published by Cassell, these two sets complement one another and are bound in their original light blue wrappers. Each set (Inferno and Purgatory and Paradise) contains Parts 1-13 of 25, for a total of 26 of 50 issues. The Cassell, Petter & Galpin editions of Dore appear on the market most often as two bound volumes. Though this set is incomplete, the individually issued parts in wrappers turn up much less frequently. In very good condition, with three to five , full-page, tissue-guarded Dore plates in each issue followed by several pages of Dante's text, as translated by Henry Francis Cary. Many pages in each issue unopened. Occasional light foxing and small publisher and binder's stamp, "S. Walker & Co." on the cover of each issue.
Price =
300.00 USD
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