NASH, John Henry, printer. DANTE, Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Translated by M. B. Anderson. 3 vols. -- ANDERSON, Melville Best. The Florence of Dante Alighieri. Together 4 vols. 2o. (Minor browning from cases at extreme bottom edges of leaves at spine of each vol.). Original vellum gilt, t.e.g. others uncut (minor fading to spines); original green sand-grained morocco slipcases (light scuffing). Provenance: Edward Laurence Doheny; Carrie Estelle Doheny (bookplates, sale Christie's New York, 2 Feb. 1988, lot 843). LIMITED EDITION number 98 of 250 copies, the Anderson vol. additionally signed by him and Nash. (4)

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NASH, John Henry, printer. DANTE, Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Translated by M. B. Anderson. 3 vols. -- ANDERSON, Melville Best. The Florence of Dante Alighieri. Together 4 vols. 2o. (Minor browning from cases at extreme bottom edges of leaves at spine of each vol.). Original vellum gilt, t.e.g. others uncut (minor fading to spines); original green sand-grained morocco slipcases (light scuffing). Provenance: Edward Laurence Doheny; Carrie Estelle Doheny (bookplates, sale Christie's New York, 2 Feb. 1988, lot 843). LIMITED EDITION number 98 of 250 copies, the Anderson vol. additionally signed by him and Nash. (4)

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