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(13"
x 10 5/6") 100 illustrations. (100 hors text.)
General condition: Fine. Exterior: Sound. Interior: Clean.
Plates loose as issued contained in chemises decorated with swirling
designs and printed with title information on spine; housed in matching
slipcases. Wrappers overall in very good condition, with some light
fading to spines and some stains to spine of second volume of "Purgatory".
The "Divine Comedy" is considered one of Dali's best works in book
illustration, and is certainly one of his more monumental endeavours:
each of the Dante's cantos is illustrated with an original color
wood engraving, after Dali's original watercolor design. Commissioned
by the Italian government to celebrate the 700th anniversary of
Dante's birth, the production of the illustrations necessitated
the engraving of over 3500 woodblocks.
This edition, published by Jean Estrade for the "Heures Claires"
editions in Paris, is contained in six volumes, with full text in
French in three sets of two volumes each; the first plate (Enfer,
canto #1) is signed in the plate, the others are all unsigned; printed
on BFK Rives paper.
Ref: Michler & Löpsinger #1039-1138; Field pp. 189-193
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