May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
[DANTE.] The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri. 3 volumes. vi, [2], 408; [iv], 56, [ii (divisional title)], 57-62, 65-384 (complete); [iv], 420pp. Translated by Henry Boyd. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dante by Thomas Stothard in vol. I. Half-title to vols. II and III. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 green morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt lettered and ruled, rebacked with the original spines laid-down, rejointed; hinges strengthened, occasional neatly inked annotation or emendation; ownership signature in vol. II.; contents generally clean with some intermittent minor spotting. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, 1802

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first edition of the entirety of the divine comedy in english. Only a 1782 Inferno extract was ever translated earlier. Complete with half-titles, and address, index, and errata at end of final volume. Scarce. Lowndes, p. 589; Fiske, p. 43.