Live auction - Lot 299
[Dali]
La divine comédie. L'Enfer. Le Purgatoire. Le Paradis.
DANTE, Alighieri
€ 1.200 / 1.800
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Lot description
Paris, Éditions d'art Les Heures claires, [1959-1963]
6 vol., 4to: 184-[1], 190-[1] (a few times "Justification du tirage"), 183-[1], 205-[1], 189-[1], 194-[1] pp.; 100 pl. (a few pp. with some spotting or very min. soiling).
Original printed publisher's slipcases (one slipcase very min. dam.). Very good copy.
Richly illustrated translation of the Divine Comedy, started by Julien Brizeux in 1959 and completed in 1963, with 100 pl. by Dali (watercolour reproductions). L'Enfer with 34 (17 and 17) and both Le Purgatoire et Le Paradis with 33 (16 and 17) lithographs. Lim. ed. (4411 of 4675).