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Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321) The Divina Commedia. London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. First English edition, three octavo volumes bound in contemporary half leather, engraved portrait frontispiece in the first volume, ownership inscription of Frederick W. Paine of Worcester, Massachusetts on title pages dated 1813, in Paine's bindings, half-titles, some light foxing, bindings rubbed, 8 x 5 in. (3)
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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