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BELTRAND Jacques (1874-1977), Georges et Camille - [DANTE]

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BELTRAND Jacques (1874-1977), Georges et Camille - [DANTE]
- The Divine Comedy. Hell. Purgatory. Paradise.
Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1922. 3 volumes large in-4 (385 x 278 mm),
XII pp.-319 pp. (I), 320 pp. (II), 313 pp. (III). Full black morocco, spines titled and monogrammed in gold, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges on witnesses, orange, green and dark green morocco covers decorated with a double gilt framing, orange, green and dark green marbled paper endpapers, covers and spines titled in gold preserved, slipcases (bindings signed by H. Blanchetière)
Bilingual edition translated by André Pératé, published on the occasion of the sixth centenary of Dante's death, and illustrated with approximately 150 woodcuts in monochrome in the text after Botticelli, by Georges, Camille and Jacques Beltrand.
Edition of 225 numbered copies on Hollande laid paper (this one n°155).
Italian text placed above the French translation by André Pératé.
Attached is a fine engraved portrait of Dante (267 x 198 mm) by Giovanni
Battista Betti after Leonardo Marino ("Firenze. 1767"), pasted on laid paper.
BEAUTIFULLY BINDED (Upper guard of the 1st volume detached| boards rubbed, upper spine of the 1st volume rubbed, spine of the 3rd volume with slight epidermure)