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Alighieri, Dante
(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Dante by Stradano - Illustrations to the Divine Comedy by Giovanni Stradano , 1892
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London, L. Fisher Unwin, 1892 [Printed in Florence by the "Arte della Stampa", December 1892, Phototypes by Fratelli Alinari). In 2° 504 x 346 mm. Edition of 300 copies. 69 leaves, including 18 pp. of facsimiles of the pages of the Laurentian Codex that precede the plates, attributed to Stradano himself, followed by 42 full-page plates reproducing Stradano's illustrations, printed in sepia or blue. Editorial binding with front cover printed in red and black and illustrated with a portrait of Dante and the monument dedicated to him. Slight foxing to the protective tissue paper.
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A collection of reproductions of Stradanus's (Jan van der Straet) illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy, originally created in the 16th century, with captioned backing cards.
It includes a preface by John Addington Symonds on Stradanus and other artists who contributed illustrations to Dante's work, and a preface in which Guido Biagi asserts that Stradanus's work is superior to the illustrations created by Botticelli for the same purpose. This is followed by a "Topography and Chronography of Dante's Inferno," consisting of an English translation alongside the Italian original, which appears to be an excerpt reproduced from a manuscript by Alessandro Vellutello Lucchese, La Comedia di Dante Alighieri con la nova esposizione . Most of Stradanus's professional work was done for the Medici court after his arrival in Florence in 1550, and he contributed two paintings to the Studiolo of Francesco I.
It includes a preface by John Addington Symonds on Stradanus and other artists who contributed illustrations to Dante's work, and a preface in which Guido Biagi asserts that Stradanus's work is superior to the illustrations created by Botticelli for the same purpose. This is followed by a "Topography and Chronography of Dante's Inferno," consisting of an English translation alongside the Italian original, which appears to be an excerpt reproduced from a manuscript by Alessandro Vellutello Lucchese, La Comedia di Dante Alighieri con la nova esposizione . Most of Stradanus's professional work was done for the Medici court after his arrival in Florence in 1550, and he contributed two paintings to the Studiolo of Francesco I.
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