NASH, John Henry, printer.  -- DANTE, Alighieri (1265-1321). Divine Comedy. - ANDERSON, Melville Best. The Florence of Dante Alighieri.  San Francisco: [John Henry Nash], 1929.
NASH, John Henry, printer. -- DANTE, Alighieri (1265-1321). Divine Comedy. - ANDERSON, Melville Best. The Florence of Dante Alighieri. San Francisco: [John Henry Nash], 1929.

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NASH, John Henry, printer. -- DANTE, Alighieri (1265-1321). Divine Comedy. - ANDERSON, Melville Best. The Florence of Dante Alighieri. San Francisco: [John Henry Nash], 1929.

4 volumes, 2o (350 x 228 mm). Ruled in green. Original vellum gilt, yapp edges, spine gilt, top edges gilt, other uncut (slight staining to covers). Provenance: the Estate of Mrs. William A.M. Burden (sale Christie's East, New York, 15 October 1997, lot 151).

LIMITED EDITION, number 206 of 250 sets, of John Henry Nash's masterpiece. A line-for-line translation in the rhyme-form of the original by Melville Best Anderson. (4)

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