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DANTE ALIGHIERI; TRANSLATED BY HENRY BOYD,.

The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. [The Divine Comedy].

“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge": Rare First Edition in English of Dante's Divine Comedy

London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1802.

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First edition of the first full translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into English, translated with preliminary essays, notes, and illustrations by the Rev. Henry Boyd. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full diced calf with gilt titles and stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt scrolling and central motif to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece portrait of Dante by R.H. Cromek. In very good condition with some light toning throughout. A very attractive example.
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The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. [The Divine Comedy].

The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. [The Divine Comedy].

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