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Alighieri, Dante
(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Dante with the site and form of Hell taken from the poet's own description, 1515
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Venice, in the houses of Aldo and Andrea di Asola, his father-in-law, 1515 in the month of August. In 8th. Typographical marks on the two title pages and the colophon, the first with the name Aldus and the other two with Aldus, a woodcut depicting Hell on a double page, a classification of sins in Hell on a double page and a classification of sins in Purgatory on full page, EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, in 19th century amateur binding in long-grain red morocco, gilded gold frames, gilded edges, on the crown plates surmounting emblem with motto “Fortuna sequatur”.
Specialist Notes
Second Aldine edition of Dante, in the second edition with the double hyphen in the title word "Descriptone" on the first title page.
Woodcut illustrations first appeared in the Giuntina octavo edition of 1506, which also contained a two-book dialogue on Hell. This version instead reflects the new topographical interest in Dante while the title of the previous Aldina, The Third Rimes, underlined its poetic aspects. The three famous woodcuts of Hell and Purgatory, designed by Trifone Gabriele, a friend of Bembo, were copied for Paganino's miniature editions of Dante.
Woodcut illustrations first appeared in the Giuntina octavo edition of 1506, which also contained a two-book dialogue on Hell. This version instead reflects the new topographical interest in Dante while the title of the previous Aldina, The Third Rimes, underlined its poetic aspects. The three famous woodcuts of Hell and Purgatory, designed by Trifone Gabriele, a friend of Bembo, were copied for Paganino's miniature editions of Dante.
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