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Alighieri, Dante
(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Dante Aligieri's Comedy with the new exhibition by Alessandro Vellutello, 1544
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€ 2.200 - 2.400
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Venice, Francesco Marcolini at the instance of Alessandro Vellutello, 1544. In 4th. Numerous woodcut illustrations, text framed by the commentary, evanescent glosses, some restorations, some light reddening and very rare foxing, more intense on the last pages, small woodworm hole in the upper white margin of AO5-AQ5, binding of the 16th century. XX in leather with elegant gold decoration, spine with 4 raised bands with dry and gold embossing, blue cuts, light signs of wear on the corners and hinges.
Specialist Notes
Famous and illustrious edition, the first with the commentary of Vellutello and the marvelous engravings by Marcolini. For the illustrations, perhaps due to Marcolini himself, a skilled draftsman and friend of Titian, it was taken as a model by all the subsequent illustrated editions of the Comedy. Gamba, 387: "Beautiful edition, adorned with elegant wood carvings"; De Batines I, p.82: "Beautiful and rare edition numbered among the rare"; Sander 2823; farmhouses 72; Mambelli 30: ''Original and highly sought-after edition of the Vellutello exhibition''; Adams D94; Mortimer Italian, 146; Essling I:2, i, 545; Brunet II, 503.
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