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LOT 98:
First Hebrew Translation of The Divine Comedy - 1869
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First Hebrew Translation of The Divine Comedy - 1869
Translated into Hebrew by Shaul Formigini.
Trieste, Italy, 1869.
The first and very rare translation of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante, from the mid-19th century, by a Jewish-Italian physician. Beautiful translation and an unusual item.
Hebrew, 205 pp., 22X14 cm. good overall condition: flaws on the first and last pages, library stamps. The rest of the pages are in very good condition.

