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Umrisse ze Dante's Paradies. Mit erklarendem texte von Dr J. Doellinger.
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First edition. A scarce copy of this portfolio, with forty pages of introductory text, and nine loose illustrated plates. (Complete). The plates have never been bound in (as is normal). The text is held together, but has cuts to spine which suggest it was intended to be bound at some point. The cover shows no sign of ever have been sewn. Paper cover is a page green, with black titles, illustration and vignette of Dante to the front cover. There is a little creasing to the bottom edge, and the front cover shows significant darkening to the bottom half of it (see photograph). The text pages have a little darkening and foxing to the first pages. The rest is sound, with a touch of foxing. The nine plates are a little foxed and with slight edgewear to the bottom edge. Overall, this is a decent condition copy of a scarce item. The designs illustrating Dante's *Paradiso* were originally conceived for the wall decorations of the Villa Massimi, Rome. The project, however, was not realised by its deviser, Cornelius, who was summoned to Munich by the Crown Prince of Bavaria to undertake a more ambitious commission. In his stead, Veith assumed responsibility and executed the frescoes after Dante in the Villa Massimi. 40 [ix] pages. 21cm x 26.5cm. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 253039729. .
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