Alabaster Dante and Beatrice bookendsAlabaster Dante and Beatrice bookends some minor damage
Cast Cold Painted Metal "Dante"Cast Cold Painted Metal "Dante" Bookends Nice heavyweight cast metal figural book ends depicting the Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
AFTER ANTOINE PIERRE AUBERT 16"AFTER ANTOINE PIERRE AUBERT 16" x 5 ?" x 5 ½" Pair of bronze figural Dante and Ovid sculptural bookends, signed "Aubert" to base.
Pair of heavy bronze bookends ofPair of heavy bronze bookends of Dante signed on the front, A J McHench Sr. 1913, and signed on the back cast by Griffoul Newark NJ. 7”H x 4.75”W Condition: good old finish CT Transfer Fee $10
Seven books: Dantes Inferno , translatedSeven books: Dantes Inferno , translated by Gary, illustrated by Gustav Doret, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1880s, 70 plates, 13-1/4 x 10-1/4 in., cloth binding with extensive tears, corner wear, front panel broken but attached ; three volumes Picturesque Europe , Appleton & Company, New York, last date 1879, edited by Bayard Taylor, gilt edges, 13 x 10-1/4 in., leather bindings with extensive wear and corner breaks ; three volumes, Animate Creation Illustrated , Popular Edition of "Our Living World by the Reverend J.G. Wood, American zoology…", some color illustrations of birds and mammals, Selma Press, New York, 1885, 13 x 10-1/4 in., [cloth bindings in poor condition, one with spine separated but attached, corner wear, some panels taped.]
ALABASTER SCULPTURE OF DANTE ANDALABASTER SCULPTURE OF DANTE AND BEATRICE 14" x 13 ½" Alabaster sculpture of a book, The Divine Comedy, the pages open and with Dante gazing up at Beatrice in high relief, scrolled next to her is "adiso XXI" referencing Canto 21 from The Divine Comedy's Paradise; on the opposite page scrolled "Già eran li occhi miei rifissi al volto de la mia donna," which translates to "Already on my Lady's face mine eyes again were fastened." A polychromed laurel sprig through the center. Signed "A. Gennai" verso.
A GROUP OF EIGHT PAIRS OF BOOKENDSA GROUP OF EIGHT PAIRS OF BOOKENDS AND A SINGLE BOOKEND...A GROUP OF EIGHT PAIRS OF BOOKENDS AND A SINGLE BOOKEND ALL WITH A LITERARY THEME, AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY, comprising a bronze pair of bookends depicting Dante each with the "Armor-Bronze" stamp; a bronze pair of bookends depicting Dante and Beatrice; a single cast iron bookend with the image of Dante; a cast iron pair of bookends depicting Dante with the Bradley and Hubbard "BaH" stamp; a copper-clad pair of bookends in the form of books by Burns, Scott, and Hugo; a cast iron pair of bookends depicting Whittier and Shakespeare; a cast iron pair of bookends depicting Whittier and Emerson; a cast iron pair of bookends depicting Whittier; and a cast iron pair of bookends depicting Holmes and Emerson; tallest height: 7''.
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DANTE, THE DIVINE COMEDY, 1828-1830,DANTE, THE DIVINE COMEDY, 1828-1830, (6) VOLS. Dante Alighieri, translated by A. F. Artaud, Firmin Didot, Paris, each vol. in Italian and French, notes sections at back in French, all 2nd editions, includes: L'Inferno / L'Enfer, 1828, 2 vols, 1st with fold-out engraving; Le Paradiso / Le Paradis, 1830, 3 vols., 1st with fold-out engraving; Il Purgatoro / Le Peurgatoire, 1830, 3rd vol only; beautiful fine binding, leather spine, patterned sides, marbled endpapers and page edges, 4.5"h x 3"w
FOUR PAIRS OF BOOKENDS AND A BOOKFOUR PAIRS OF BOOKENDS AND A BOOK RACK, INCLUDING: CARVED WOOD SEATED FIGURES; DANTE AND BEATRICE, LOSS TO PAINT AND GILT; STRATFORD...Four pairs of bookends and a book rack, including: carved wood seated figures; Dante and Beatrice, loss to paint and gilt; Stratford on Avon metal, depicts cottages on each; and pair of dancing woman, painted green metal; along with an expandable book rack, figures reading on either side, 11 1/2" l., all pieces with expected wear including minor surface wear.
DANTE ALIGHIERI ART DECO COLD PAINTEDDANTE ALIGHIERI ART DECO COLD PAINTED BRONZED CABINET SCULPTURE/BOOKEND 6 ?" x 5 ½" x 4" Heavy metal cabinet sculpture depicting Dante Alighieri contemplating his love to Beatrice; cold painted in polychrome with gilt highlights, cast with oval cartouche with maker's hallmark "p K Co" on the back, green felt attached to the bottom.
TWO PAIRS OF BOOKENDS: ARMOR BRONZETWO PAIRS OF BOOKENDS: ARMOR BRONZE CO. DANTE AND BEATRICE AND GILT COMPOSITION LIONS, H TALLER 7 IN. (17.8 CM.)Two Pairs of Bookends: Armor Bronze Co. Dante and Beatrice and Gilt Composition Lions,, Dimensions: H taller 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Roberto Montini (Italian, 1882-1963),Roberto Montini (Italian, 1882-1963), "Dante", a triple-patinated chryso-elephantine figure of the robed poet carrying a book, first quarter 20th century, presented on a truncated pyramidal satin-polished Porter marble base, the bronze signed at the rear of the plinth "Montini" and "RM", in stylized script, h. 16", w. 4". Provenance: Ex-collection Alice Newhouse, New Orleans.
(ENGRAVINGS DORE GUSTAVE) ALIGHIERE(ENGRAVINGS DORE GUSTAVE) ALIGHIERE DANTE Dante's Inferno. [Together with:] Purgatory and Paradise. New York London and Paris: Cassell n.d. 2 vols. Folio uniformly bound in blind-stamped gilt-lettered and decorated morocco a.e.g. New edition. Profusely illustrated with plates after Dore. Rubbing to boards; corners bumped; hinges starting; otherwise good.
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY, BASKIN ILLUSTRATIONS,DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY, BASKIN ILLUSTRATIONS, 1969 Dante Alighieri, trans. by Thomas C. Bergin, THE DIVINE COMEDY, illus. by Leonard Baskin (NY: Grossman, 1969) 1st Trade Edition; 3 vols., folio, linen, boards, slipcase.
LITERARY & FIGURAL BRONZE, CAST/PATINATEDLITERARY & FIGURAL BRONZE, CAST/PATINATED BOOKENDS13 pr. plus a single. "Alighieri Dante" and other Dante, Whittier/Bryant (old Bloomingdales label), Lincoln sets, Shakespeare, larger Dante and Tennyson as pair, children on marble plinths. Some marked.
(SARO2978/27)(JP)
Dimensions: 4"H x 5W to 7.5 x 5W x 2.25D larger cast Dante 6.5 x 6.25
Property from a private Amenia, NY home
Condition:
Light normal use wear; chips on marble and differing patination/oxidation on children
2 vols. (Dore, Gustave, illustrator.)2 vols. (Dore, Gustave, illustrator.) Dante Aligheri. [The Divine Comedy]: The Vision of Hell; The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise. London, etc.: Cassell and Co., n.d. [ca. 1890-1893]. Folio, contemp. 1/2 blue calf & cloth, gilt, spines richly gilt, maroon morocco spine labels, marbled bds. & endpapers; spine ends & corners rubbed, occasionally scuffed, stress to front joint of Purgatory/Paradise vol. Numerous wood-engraved plates, lettered tissue guards. Internally clean.
BOOK: DANTE PURGATORY & PARADISEBOOK: DANTE PURGATORY & PARADISE DORE ILLUSTRATEDBook: "The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise," Dante Alighieri, translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, illustrations by M. Gustave Dore, Cassell Petter & Galpin, Belle Sauvage Printing Works, 337 pages, leather half binding, cloth boards, marbled foredges, poor condition, foxing, staining, rubbed spine and corners, previous owner’s inscriptions/ drawings, approx 15.25"h, 12"w, 9.25lbs
Alighieri (Dante), La divina commedia,Alighieri (Dante), La divina commedia, Firenze: per Leonardo Ciardetti, 1830, 8vo, 3 vols, bound as a set with three volumes of prose and verse by the same author, full red Morocco with gilt tooling to boards and spines, gilt page edges and marbled end papers (6)
TWO GUSTAVE DORE ALTEMUS EDITIONTWO GUSTAVE DORE ALTEMUS EDITION ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: DANTE'S INFERNO AND MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, 1886, WITH ORIGINAL HENRY ALTEMUS, PUBLISHER ADVERTISING . 13 1/2"H X 10"W (PARADISE LOST)Two Gustave Dore Altemus Edition illustrated books: Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost, 1886, with original Henry Altemus, Publisher advertising . 13 1/2"H x 10"W (Paradise Lost) Dimensions: 13 1/2"H x 10"W (Paradise Lost)
J. DASILVA, BRONZE GOAT BOOKENDSJ. DASILVA, BRONZE GOAT BOOKENDS First quarter, 20th century; modeled as goat butting an art deco structure, signed, "J. DaSilva," 6 1/2 in. H., 6 1/2 in. L.
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri:The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri: Consisting of the Inferno-Purgatorio-and Paradiso, translated into English verse with preliminary essays, notes and illustrations by the Rev. Henry Boyd, A. M. (London, 1802; complete in three volumes). This was apparently the first edition in English of this work.
A bronze bust of Dante on a marbleA bronze bust of Dante on a marble plinth, 12cm high and a primitive pebble carving
A bronze bust of Dante, 31.5cmA bronze bust of Dante, 31.5cm high
[THE NONESUCH PRESS] DANTE, LA[THE NONESUCH PRESS] DANTE, LA DIVINA COMMEDIA La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. Edited by Mario Casella and H.F. Cary, with 42 illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. The Nonesuch Press, 1928, No. 685 of 1475 on Van Gelder, bound in orange vellum with gold stamping, top page edges gilt, 325 pages, 12.5"h x 8.5"w
Two alabaster busts of BeatriceTwo alabaster busts of Beatrice and Dante 7'' h. repair at neck of Dante minor chips.
Pair of Classical style spelterPair of Classical style spelter figures of "Dante" and "Virgil" late 19th century; 23 in. H.
2 vols. Illustrated Limited Editions:2 vols. Illustrated Limited Editions: Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. New York: Macmillan, 1931. Translated by Jefferson Butler Fletcher. #114/200 signed by Fletcher. 4to, orig. limp vellum, silk tie, slipcase. Plates. Fine in slightly worn slipcase. * The Dance of Death. Washington, D.C., 1945. #12/200. 4to, orig. bds., blue cloth slipcase & chemise. Illus. Reproduction of Lessing J. Rosenwald's copy of the work printed in Paris by Guyot Marchand. Bright, attractive copy in slightly worn slipcase.
TWO PAIRS OF KRONHEIM & OLDENBUSCHTWO PAIRS OF KRONHEIM & OLDENBUSCH (DANTE AND BOOKCASE), PAIR OF ART DECO STYLE BRONZE CLAD RACING GREYHOUNDS, AND PAIR OF PATINATED IRON BOOKENDSTwo Pairs of Kronheim & Oldenbusch (Dante and Bookcase), Pair of Art Deco Style Bronze Clad Racing Greyhounds, and Pair of Patinated Iron Bookends,
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINERTHE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER AND DANTE'S INFERNO (lot of 2) "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, plates by Gustave Dore (French, 1832-1883) and ?Dante?s Inferno,? by Dante Alighieri, plates by Gustave Dore (French, 1832-1883), largest overall (with cover): 18.75"h x 14.75"w
THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERITheTHE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERIThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Author: Translated by Jefferson Butler Fletcher. Publisher: New York: The Macmillan Company. Date: 1933
DANTE ALIGHIERI, THE ANTE-PURGATORIO,DANTE ALIGHIERI, THE ANTE-PURGATORIO, CANTOS I-IXTranslation Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, original etchings, Jack ZaJac, the ten black/white etchings numbered 130/200, the etchings and edition printed by Il Toroliere, Stamperia d’Arte, Rome, printed on hand-made Fabriano paper, 200 copies, numbered 1 thru 200, with 15, numbered I–XV, retained for the artist and publisher, portfolio published, Racolin Press, NY, 1964, vellum box with gilt lettering.Folio size 20 by 15 in., plates 12.75 by 8.75 in.
SIX VOLUMES: THE DIVINE COMEDYSIX VOLUMES: THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTEDante Alighieri Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Illustrated by Flaxman Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1906 Large Paper Edition, numbered 177 of 650 Condition: with wear to corners and edges [6 volumes] Condition:
PAIR OF LOBBY PORTRAITS OF DANTE.DantePAIR OF LOBBY PORTRAITS OF DANTE.Dante (Harry August Jansen). Pair of Lobby Portraits of Dante. N.p., ca. 1930s. The first depicting the magician looking into a crystal ball, with his name pre-printed in block lettering, the second a half-length portrait. Matted. 11 x 8 ½”.
''Five works from La Divine Comedie''''Five works from La Divine Comedie'' from Dante Alighieri text in French: 15 Les Margelles Du Phlegeton; 18 La Quatrieme Corniche: Accidia; 27 Un Diable Logicien; 29 Les Falsificateurs; 34 Apparition De Dite each: color wood engravings on Rives BFK paper under glass each paper size: 13'' H x 10.25'' W
TWO SETS OF BOOK ENDS One depictingTWO SETS OF BOOK ENDS One depicting foo dogs and one contemporary pair with painted elephants.
GRAND TOUR LIFE-SIZED BRONZE BUSTGRAND TOUR LIFE-SIZED BRONZE BUST OF DANTE AFTER ADOLFO CIPRIANI (ITALY, 1880-1930) Portrait of Poet and Philosopher Dante Alighieri, cast and patinated bronze, unsigned, circa 1910, with internal flanges for mounting to a marble base. 13" h x 16" w x 9" d.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet wrote La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), his allegory of life and God as revealed to a pilgrim, written in terza rima; Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), written between 1307 and 1321.