7001
1st Edition Set, Boyds The Divine Comedy by Dante
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Passed
Live Auction
Sunday, December 15th, Furniture, Fine Art, Jewelry and Timepieces, Asian Art
Location
Clars Auction Gallery 5644 Telegraph Ave. Oakland CA 94609
Description
Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy translated by Boyd. Exceptionally rare 1st edition complete 3 volumes; Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso Boyd's 1st English Translation of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Octavo format, in original attractive binding mottled calf-leather boards, spines divided in compartments by double gilt decorative rolls, black leather title & volume labels, tooled gilt ornaments, gilded board edges, engraved frontispiece of the author, plain end-papers, 3 volumes complete, printed & published in 1802, London, by A. Strahan, New-Street Square; for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand.
Condition
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