DANTE. - Lot 353

DANTE. The Divine Comedy. - Hell (2 vols.). -- Purgatory (2 vols.). --- Paradise (2 vol.). Paris, Joseph Foret, Éditeur d'Art, s. d. [1959-1963]. 6 large in-4° volumes, leaves, in publisher's slipcase. 100 color woodcuts by Salvador DALI. One of the few deluxe copies printed for Joseph Foret, this one, without justification, on japon impérial. Enriched with a SUPPLEMENTARY SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS ON JAPON; SIX PRINTS ON SILVER SILK, some with remarks, signed in the plate at their center (illustrations of the "Sixième" & "Vingtième" chants de L'Enfer, "Deuxième" & "Trente-troisième" chants du Purgatoire, and "Quatorzième" & "Trente-deuxième" chants du Paradis). Unique copy enriched with a LARGE PHOTOGRAPH by DALI (t. II of Paradiso); the COLOR ESTAMPE (335 x 434 mm) of the "Exhibition Poster", depicting "Béatrice servie par les nymphes", signed and dated 1951 (t. I of Paradiso), & TWO SENDERS including one "Pour Jean Subrenat. Hommage de Dali. 1969" accompanied by a LARGE ORIGINAL DRAWING (on two pages, including the false-title) depicting Don Quixote (Purgatory and Paradise, tomes I). The silk prints of Paradiso have been reduced in size and framed.