La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English.
The Italian text edited by Mario Casella of the University of Florence with the English version of H.F. Cary.
[London], The Nonesuch Press, 1928
Limited edition, number 805 of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Bladfolio; text in Italian and English printed in parallel, 34 double-page and 8 full-page illustrations after the drawings of Sandro Botticelli; publisher's full orange-stained vellum, double gilt rule borders to upper and lower covers, central gilt device to both covers, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, a small area of browning to the fore-edge, only discernible when open and the pages are staggered, due to he deckled or unshaved nature of the text block, otherwise a fine copy.
Dreyfus 50.
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