The Divine Comedy . The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso

by Dante Alighieri, Rev. Henry Boyd

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First edition

London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802. First edition of the first full translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into English. Octavo. Three volumes bound in contemporary full calf with gilt stamping and raised bands to spine. Light rubbing to bindings, darkening to spines; shallow chip to head of Volume III. Tanning and light foxing to interiors, particularly the title page of Volume I, joints repaired at an

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