Heading: (Nash, John Henry)
Author: Dante Alighieri
Title: [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:John Henry Nash
Date Published: 1929-1932
Description:

4 volumes plus the Life of Dante. Translated by Melville Best Anderson. (Folio) 35.2x23 cm (13¾x9"), original full vellum, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, yapped fore-edges, top edges gilt. 4 volumes protected in flannel bags. No. 193 of 250 copies. Includes:

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  Inferno. [8], 165 pp.


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  Purgatorio. [4], 166 pp.


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  Paradiso. [4], 165 pp.


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  The Florence of Dante Alighieri. [2], 120 pp.


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  Life of Dante: Giovanni Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante...Translated from the Italian by Philip Henry Wicksteed. John Henry Nash, SF, 1932. [6], 53, [2] pp. Marbled boards, paper spine label. No. 44 of 250 copies.

Signed by John Henry Nash on pastedown of The Florence of Dante Alighieri volume, inscribed to Frank McCaffrey. Nash's splendid printing of the Divine Comedy, perhaps the most sought-after work from his press.

Normal minor discoloration to vellum; slight stain in The Florence of Dante Alighieri volume; near fine to fine.