Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise, of Dante Alighieri

“TRANSPARENT SIMPLICITY AND INTENSE VIVIDNESS”

DANTE (CARY, Henry Francis, translator). Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. London, 1819. Three volumes.

Second edition of Cary's renowned translation of Dante's Divine Comedy—the first in this larger octavo format—handsomely bound. $4200.

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History of the Renowned Don Quixote

“EVERY NATION HAS TAKEN CARE TO MAKE IT THEIR OWN BY THEIR TRANSLATIONS”

CERVANTES. History of the Renowned Don Quixote. Edinburgh, 1766. Four volumes.

1766 edition in English of Cervantes’ chivalric satire—“one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times” (PMM 111)—handsomely bound in contemporary calf. $2500.

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