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Lot 106
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). La Commedia. Commentary by Cristoforo Landino. Venice: Bartolomeo de Zanni da Portese, 1507.
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DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). La Commedia. Commentary by Cristoforo Landino. Venice: Bartolomeo de Zanni da Portese, 1507.
A fine early illustrated edition with 100 attractive woodcuts, including a full-page illustration featuring Dante.
Folio (309 x 210mm). Full-page woodcut illustration of Dante rescued from the Dark Wood by Virgil, 99 woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and printer's device in the colophon. Modern old-style calf decorated in gilt. Provenance: deleted ownership inscription on the title — D’Adda (armorial bookplate) — Rappaport, Rome (bookseller’s ticket) — [Count Alessandro Magnaguti, Mantua (1887-1966)].
The text is after the celebrated 1502 Aldine edition by Pietro Bembo but it uses the traditional incunable layout of the 1481 edition with Landino’s Commentary. Adams D-86; Brunet II 507.
A fine early illustrated edition with 100 attractive woodcuts, including a full-page illustration featuring Dante.
Folio (309 x 210mm). Full-page woodcut illustration of Dante rescued from the Dark Wood by Virgil, 99 woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and printer's device in the colophon. Modern old-style calf decorated in gilt. Provenance: deleted ownership inscription on the title — D’Adda (armorial bookplate) — Rappaport, Rome (bookseller’s ticket) — [Count Alessandro Magnaguti, Mantua (1887-1966)].
The text is after the celebrated 1502 Aldine edition by Pietro Bembo but it uses the traditional incunable layout of the 1481 edition with Landino’s Commentary. Adams D-86; Brunet II 507.
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). La Commedia. Commentary by Cristoforo Landino. Venice: Bartolomeo de Zanni da Portese, 1507.
A fine early illustrated edition with 100 attractive woodcuts, including a full-page illustration featuring Dante.
Folio (309 x 210mm). Full-page woodcut illustration of Dante rescued from the Dark Wood by Virgil, 99 woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and printer's device in the colophon. Modern old-style calf decorated in gilt. Provenance: deleted ownership inscription on the title — D’Adda (armorial bookplate) — Rappaport, Rome (bookseller’s ticket) — [Count Alessandro Magnaguti, Mantua (1887-1966)].
The text is after the celebrated 1502 Aldine edition by Pietro Bembo but it uses the traditional incunable layout of the 1481 edition with Landino’s Commentary. Adams D-86; Brunet II 507.
A fine early illustrated edition with 100 attractive woodcuts, including a full-page illustration featuring Dante.
Folio (309 x 210mm). Full-page woodcut illustration of Dante rescued from the Dark Wood by Virgil, 99 woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials and printer's device in the colophon. Modern old-style calf decorated in gilt. Provenance: deleted ownership inscription on the title — D’Adda (armorial bookplate) — Rappaport, Rome (bookseller’s ticket) — [Count Alessandro Magnaguti, Mantua (1887-1966)].
The text is after the celebrated 1502 Aldine edition by Pietro Bembo but it uses the traditional incunable layout of the 1481 edition with Landino’s Commentary. Adams D-86; Brunet II 507.
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