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DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Divine Comedy: L'Enfer. - Le Purgatoire. - Le Paradis. Translated from Italian into French by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino. Paris: L. Hachette, 1861-1868.
DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Divine Comedy: L'Enfer. - Le Purgatoire. - Le Paradis. Translated from Italian into French by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino. Paris: L. Hachette, 1861-1868.

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DANTE ALIGHIERI. The Divine Comedy: L'Enfer. - Le Purgatoire. - Le Paradis. Translated from Italian into French by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino. Paris: L. Hachette, 1861-1868.

Three volumes in two, 2o (422 x 302 mm). Plates by Gustave Doré. Blue polished calf, covers with molded and colored calf designs after Doré incorporating scenes and the titles, spines with similarly molded designs incorporating the titles in gilt, original red cloth gilt covers used as doublures, top edges gilt (some rubbing to extremities); cloth-backed chemises. Provenance: purchased from Philip C. Duschnes, 25 January 1956. (2)

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