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Signed Inferno Canto 5 (Divine Comedy) by Dalí, Salvador

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Title: Signed Inferno Canto 5 (Divine Comedy)
Author: Dalí, Salvador
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: 1960 Original 10 ¼" x 13" wood engraving, in a 20 ¼" x 23" frame. Signed by Dalí in red, and signed again in pencil. Original color wood engraving of Minos judging sinners, printed on BFK Rives paper, with a deckled bottom edge, blindstamp of the editor J. Estrade of Les Heures Claires and "g.a. VIII/VIII" numbering in pencil to lower left, matted in white, and in a black frame. Fine. Overall, a memorable work by the great Spanish artist. In 1951, the Italian government commissioned Salvador Dalí to create 101 watercolor illustrations for Dante's The Divine Comedy, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the great Italian author's birth. The decision to hire Dalí, who was Spanish and a self-proclaimed "Surrealist void of all moral values," was controversial, and the government eventually dropped the commission. Nevertheless, Dalí, deeply inspired by Dante's masterpiece, continued creating watercolors, finally completing the project in 1959. Dalí struck a deal with his friend, French publisher Joseph Forêt of Les Heures Claires, to turn the watercolors into engravings for a lavish illustrated edition of The Divine Comedy. Two master engravers spent five years (1959 - 1964) reproducing the watercolors into wood engravings, a process that required roughly 3,500 wood blocks (around 35 for each print). Three limited editions of Dalí's illustrated version of the Divine Comedy were ultimately released between 1960 and 1974: 4,765 in French, 3,188 in Italian, and 1,000 in German. In all, the project took more than a decade, and is now recognized as one of Dalí's most towering achievements. Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) was an influential Spanish surrealist artist, best known for paintings including The Persistence of Memory (1931), The Elephants (1948), and Cabaret Scene (1922). Dalí illustrated a number of famous literary works throughout his career, including Dante's The Divine Comedy, Cervantes' Don Quixote, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Divine Comedy, Dante's allegorical masterpiece, describes Dante's journey with the poet Virgil through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. The narrative poem is regarded as one of the greatest works of literature and helped standardize the Italian language as we know it today. Influential modernist poet T.S. Eliot wrote in an essay, "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them; there is no third." In Inferno Canto V, Dante and Virgil reach the second circle of Hell, and witness the monster Minos judge and assign a line of sinners to their respective torments. The number of times Minos wraps his tail around himself determines which level of Hell a sinner will be sent to. . Fine. Illus. by Dalí, Salvador. Lithograph.

CATALOGUE OF THE CRAWFORD LIBRARY OF PHILATELIC LITERATURE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY

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Title: CATALOGUE OF THE CRAWFORD LIBRARY OF PHILATELIC LITERATURE AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: (Fishkill, NY): The Printer's Stone, 1991. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped. Philately. small folio. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped. variously paginated. Revised edition, limited to 500 copies. Published in association with the British Library. Preface to the revised edition. Includes "Bibliotheca Lindesiana Vol. VII: A Bibliography of the Writings General Special and Periodical forming the Literature of Philately," "Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford," "Supplement to the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford," and "Addenda to the Supplement to the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford." Frontispiece portrait of James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford.

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Sacred Monster by Donald E. Westlake

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Title: Sacred Monster
Author: Donald E. Westlake
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780892961771
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Description: Mysterious Press, 1989 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-89296-177-5..

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