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Alighieri, Dante
Dante with the exhibits by Christoforo Landino, and Alessandro Vellutello. Above his Comedy of Hell, Purgatory, & Paradise, 1578
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€ 3.500 - 4.500
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€ 4.596
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Venice, Sessa, 1578. In 2nd. Large portrait of Dante in an oval in a rich woodcut frame on the title page, typographic mark on the colophon, a large woodcut table with another portrait of Dante, representation of the three kingdoms, and portraits of Virgil and Stazio inside the medallion, 97 woodcut illustrations, large plates engraved in wood at the beginning of each canticle, splendid figured headboards and initials, text in italics in the center surrounded by comments in round type on two columns, & nbsp; small woodworm holes on the title page, in the inner margin of most of the specimen and on the last card of a different size, some burnished cards, slight stains, coeval brown leather binding, dry-embossed decoration on the plates, back with 3 nerves, restorations and holes, modern gray hardcover case. On the title page, signature of membership.
Specialist Notes
Reprint of the important edition of 1564, edited by Francesco Sansovino, to which the printer Giovan Antonio Rampazetto has placed a new dedication to Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Monferrato. The edition, accompanied by the famous portrait of Naso on the title, carries the fortunate comment by Vellutello.
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