Iconografia Dantesca : The Pictorial Representations to Dante's Divine Comedy
1899, First Edition. London : H. Grevel & Co. Very good copy in slate-blue cloth boards backed by gilt-blocked vellum, now dust-dulled and with a small tear to the headband. Corners slightly bumped, with panel edges rubbed. Text edges lightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. Plates retain their tissue guards. A well-preserved example overall. Notes; No. 8 from a limited edition of 250 copies. Item #470812
Physical description; xx, 234 pages, 1 leaf, 17 plates (some colour) : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; "List of manuscripts": pages xi-xiii. "List of illustrated editions": pages xiv-xvi. Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-228). Preface by Charles Sarolea. Subjects; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Divina commedia – Illustrations. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) – Iconography.
Price: €225.00