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Legatura romantica

Alighieri, Dante

(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)

Poetic works of Dante Alighieri, with notes by various scholars, diligently edited by Antonio Buttura. Volume one [-second], 1823

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Paris, at Lefevre bookseller, from the Presses of G. Didot, Major Printer to the King, 1823. In 8°. 2 vols. 202 x 125 mm. Portrait in oval engraved in steel by HC Muller on the frontispiece. SPECTACULAR ROMANTIC GREEN CALFSKIN BINDING WITH GOLD AND OTHER COLOR DECORATIONS ON THE BOARDS AND SPINE, gilt edges, slight defects on the caps. Noble ex libris on the title page.

Specialist Notes

It contains poems from the Vita Nuova, the Convito, and other collections, as well as the Divine Comedy. The work is in two volumes; pages I-VII of the first volume contains the "Life of Dante Alighieri written by Cavaliere Girolamo Tiraboschi." In 1820, Buttura took over the editorship of the Biblioteca poetica italiana series, published by Didot. His literary work is unremarkable; his poetry is mostly occasional. His translation skills, however, are more valuable.

Mambelli, 134.

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