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Alighieri, Dante
(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus, edited by Piero da Figino. Added different rhymes; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
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Venice, Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, 18 November 1491. In 2°. 312 x 210 mm. Black-background flourished woodcut initials of various sizes for the beginning of the canticles and songs and woodcut vignettes at the beginning of the songs, blank spaces for capital letters with guide letters in the commentary, 100 woodcuts historically attributed to Mantegna, slight foxing in the margins of the first leaves, hole with loss of text on pp.47-48, restoration without loss on p.267, 18th century binding in full parchment and gold inserts on the spine with the title. Ex libris on the back cover by Baron Landau.
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EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED VENETIAN EDITION, from the Landau Library.
The name of the editor, Piero da Figino, appears in the colophon of this incunabulum. Little is known about this character. We only learn that he belonged to the order "of the Minors" and was "Master of Theology and excellent Preacher". Scholars have discussed whether he was Lombard or Tuscan and whether he was the author of the hand decoration and the annotations of another copy of this edition, today at the Casa di Dante in Rome. The volume closes with a series of Dante songs.
Goff D33; HCR 5950; Essling 532; Sander 2314; IGI 364; Pr 4482; BMC V 270; BSB-Ink D-10; GW 7970.
The name of the editor, Piero da Figino, appears in the colophon of this incunabulum. Little is known about this character. We only learn that he belonged to the order "of the Minors" and was "Master of Theology and excellent Preacher". Scholars have discussed whether he was Lombard or Tuscan and whether he was the author of the hand decoration and the annotations of another copy of this edition, today at the Casa di Dante in Rome. The volume closes with a series of Dante songs.
Goff D33; HCR 5950; Essling 532; Sander 2314; IGI 364; Pr 4482; BMC V 270; BSB-Ink D-10; GW 7970.
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