Dante Alighieri Vita nova illustrée par Maurice Denis. Traduite par Henry Cochin.

300 x 216 mm. [6], 110, [2] pages; thirty-five illustrations of different sizes, and 119 coloured woodcuts after Maurice Denis. Green morocco binding signed by the Parisian master binder Henry Marius-Michel (1846-1925). Covers framed within gilt fillets and decorated with multicolour floral inlays. Spine with four raised bands, title lettering in gilt. Green morocco pastedowns, silk doublures, inside dentelles.. ilt edges. Preserved the original wrappers; in black morocco chemise and slipcase.

Provenance: A. Roudinesco (ex-libris on the verso of the front flyleaf); Francis Kettaneh (ex-libris on the verso of the front flyleaf); ‘awf' (ex-libris on the verso of the front flyleaf); Livio Ambrogio collection.

Edition limited to 130 copies, illustrated by the handsome coloured woodcuts executed by Jacques, Camille and Georges Beltrand after the drawings by the famous French painter Maurice Denis (1870-1943). The present copy also contains two original watercolors signed by Denis, and a proof on China paper.