Dante Dali, First Edition (6 results)

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Salvador Dali (illustrator). 1st Edition. NOTE: We have for sale a hand signed set of wood colored engravings, each hand signed by Dali and plate signed by Dali: To wit. -- With 100 full-page compositions by Salvador Dali - Dimensions for the engravings laid loose in its clam shell box are 10 by 13 inches thus large suite of 100 wood colored engravings in a separate navy blue silk lined clam shell box. Each wood engraving by Dali signed on the plate and each wood engraving hand signed by Dali quite boldly in red crayon- In 1950, at the request of the "Libreria dello stato" in Rome, Salvador Dali undertook to produce 100 watercolors illustrating the 100 songs of Dante's Divine Comedy to produce a luxury edition. In 1951, part of the watercolors being made, they are exhibited in Rome. The Master's work continued slowly and the governments having succeeded one another, one of them decided that Dante's work should be illustrated by an Italian painter and denounced the contract between the Libreria dello stato and Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali - whose work is very advanced - becomes the owner again. In 1958, Salvador Dali had just finished the lithographs of Don Quixote for Joseph Foret and offered him to take over the illustration of the Divine Comedy. Joseph Foret, engaged with Salvador Dali in the realization of the Apocalypse is not able to accept this proposal and he makes contact with his friends of the "Clear Hours" who are in all respects able to accept. In July 1959, the contract was signed with the Heures Claires who bought the exclusivity and all the reproduction rights. The 21 copies on Japan reserved for Joseph Foret and the 4,765 copies on Velin de Rives (text and illustrations) are engraved and printed together under the direction of Jean Estrade. In addition this set includes the six deluxe 4to volumes custom bound in Morocco that adds text and more illustration The custom bound 6 4to volumes were at issued at the same time as the wood engravings, both however are for the First French Edition and both is very fine, superb morocco. Signed by Illustrator(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 100 plates from the Divine Comedy. Text available, boxes available. Plates in beautiful condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in English of Les Chants de Maldoror. One of 100 hand-numbered copies signed by the translator and founder of the notorious Cassanova Society, John Rodker. These special copies comprised the first 100 out of the total edition of 1000. *** Full vellum. Covers bowed as usual, top half of the front board moderately stained, else Very Good. Printed on handmade paper, uncut and containing three tissue-guarded plates after the French symbolist artist, Odilon Redon. Excitingly, in the rare dust jacket that s unrepaired and integral - adjectives scarcely applicable to the few surviving ones as they most often look like they ve endured a tortuous journey through Ducasse s imagined hellscapes. Slightly nicked and dusty, spine a shade darker and creased, else Very Good. *** Isidore-Lucien Ducasse(1846-1870) was a Uruguayan-born French poet who, under the pseudonym Comte de Lautréamont, published Les Chants de Maldoror in 1869. Although he died as a relatively unknown writer, his works resurfaced and became a crucial inspiration for the burgeoning surrealist movement in the early twentieth century. It was while reading Les Chants de Maldoror that French surrealist André Breton discovered the singular phrase that became foundational to the surrealist doctrine of objective chance: "as beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table." This metaphor captures one of the most important principles of surrealist aesthetic: the enforced juxtaposition of two completely alien realities that challenges an observer's preconditioned perception of reality. German surrealist Max Ernst would also refer to Lautréamont's sewing machine and umbrella to define the structure of the surrealist painting as "a linking of two realities that by all appearances have nothing to link them, in a setting that by all appearances does not fit them." Lautréamont s prose poem is comprised of six cantos that recount the epic of the anti-hero Maldoror who seeks to combat the forces of God and humanity. The work is full of sadistic, cynical passages that work in conjunction with ironic references to classical authors such as Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare. Surrealists identified themselves with Lautréamont s use of black humor and celebrated the ways in which he defied convention, ridiculed values and standards, and challenged the construct of absolute reason. (Rauner Library)***Please email us for better pricing.***.

1st edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 1 volume, unnumbered pages, illustrations, 20 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exposition held 1-26 August, 1978 at Gallerie Wunsche, Bonn (Germany). Subjects: Dali, Salvador ( 1904-1989 ); Dante Alighieri; Spaanse; Spanje; surrealisme; Art Exhibitins; Surrealism; Germany Museums. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: VG jacket (light wear). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1992. 9.25" wide by 12" tall. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrations throughout, many in full-color. Abridged edition of Moncrieff's Classic Myths and Legends. Beautifully illustrated with a panorama of art masterpieces (some double-page) by Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Edward Burne-Jones, Salvador Dali, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Michelangelo, Titian, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Moreau, David Ligare, etc. Includes tales of Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Minotaur; Perseus and Andromeda; the story of Helen of Troy; Odysseus; Antigone; Apollo; Narcissus; etc. Keywords: Pre-Raphaelites . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/VG jacket (light wear). 160pp.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 80 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. First Edition. "The painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. He is now best known for his sumptuous oil paintings of solitary women from the 1860s and 1870s. These were a major influence on European Symbolism at the end of the nineteenth century, and were admired by Salvador Dali as embodiments of the 'Eternal Feminine' in 1936. In this overview of Rossetti's career, however, Lisa Tickner suggests that the later oils have obscured an interest in his earlier work and his achievements as a draughtsman and illustrator. She discusses the jewel-like watercolours of the 1850s, inspired by themes from Dante and Arthurian legend, and argues that it was, paradoxically, when Rossetti was most in thrall to the mythic past that he was at his most innovative and visionary. This timely reassessment presents a picture of a complex and highly original artist." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: What is Wrong with Rossetti?; Bloomsbury--Poetic Realism: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1848-1853; Blackfriars--Mystic Medievalism: The Watercolours of the 1850s; Chelsea--Body's Beauty and Soul's Beauty: The Oils of the 1860s; Kelmscott and Chelsea--'The Religion of Beauty': Late Works of the 1870s. Size: 8vo.