Live auction - Lot 142
La Divina comedia di Dante Alighieri. Cioè l'Inferno, il Purgatorio, ed il Paradiso. Composto da Giovanni Flaxman scultore inglese ed inciso da Tommaso Piroli rom[a]no.
[Rome], s.n., 1802
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Oblong 4to (foxing, very occasionally touching the engr.).
Contemp. threequarter sheep, red paper covers, gilt ruled flat spine, yellow edges. In a slipcase.
Composed of an engr. title and 110 plates with verses in Italian extracted from The Divine Comedy.
Prov. "Ce merveilleux objet m'a été offert par mon frère Xavier en un temps d'obscurité atroce, les années 60. Paul Duquenne" (ms. note). - French ms. note on front flyleaf about a statue of Flaxman in Petworth.