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259 - [MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITION]
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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[MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITION] DANTE/DALI] The Divine Comedy, Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1959–1963 12 folio-sized volumes in loose sheets with printed covers, folders and cases decorated by the publisher. Limited edition of 4,765 copies; one of 150 copies (copy no. 74) on pure Rives rag vellum, which, according to the print run specification, should be accompanied by a series of copperplate engravings, a colour series of the illustrations, and a colour breakdown of one illustration. An edition embellished with 100 compositions by Salvador Dalí, wood-engraved by Raymond Jacquet and Jean Taricco, and printed in full-page colour. Incomplete copy (not all the sets listed in the print run justification are present). Hell: Volume 1: 17 plates; Volume 1 bis: colour breakdown and suite (17 plates) of copperplate engravings; Volume 2: 17 plates; Volume 2 bis: colour separations for one plate and continuation (17 plates), line engravings on copper / Paradise: Volume 1: 16 plates; Volume 1 bis: colour separations (no continuation); Volume 2: 17 plates; Volume 2 bis: colour breakdown and a continuation (16 plates) in colour / Purgatory: Volume 1: 16 plates; Volume 1 bis: colour breakdown of one plate and a continuation (15 plates) in colour; Volume 2: 17 plates; Volume 2 bis: colour continuation (16 plates) and colour breakdown of one plate.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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