Lot 155

Tom Phillips Dante's Inferno 3 volume set 1983 Talfourd Press

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Dante Alighieri, illustrated by Tom Phillips, The Inferno, 3 volume set, number 70 of 100 copies, signed by Phillips on the limitation page, complete with 139 etchings, lithographs and screenprints on Inveresk mould-made wove watermarked paper, each print is initialed in pencil to the lower margin. 1983, published by The Talfourd Press, London. Hardcover, folio, 16.75 x 12.75 inches, in original half-vellum over green cloth boards, bound by Pella Erskine-Tulloch, top edges gilt, in the original slipcase. Provenance: deaccessioned from a regional institution; will include a letter of deaccession from the institution.

Condition

Small institutional withdrawn stamp on the rear pastedown of all three volumes; otherwise in nearly fine condition, bright, clean and unmarked; prints are in fine condition. Light scuffing and discoloration to the bindings. Slipcase rubbed and worn and missing one of the leather pulls. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .

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