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Lot 151

[BLAKE, William, illustrator]. The Inferno from La Divina C...

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[BLAKE, William, illustrator]. The Inferno from La Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. New York: Printed by Richard W. Ellis for Cheshire House, 1931. Folio (483 x 318 mm). 7 full?page plates reproducing the seven original engravings by Blake. Original full brown calf blindstamped paneling and lettering, crimson morocco spine label gilt (spine sunned); original slipcase with printed spine label (box dampstained at edges). LIMITED EDITION, number 374 of 1200 copies. A HANDSOME COPY. Bentley, Blake Books, 449. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.