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Alighieri, Dante

(Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321)

The Comedy, with commentary by Cristoforo Landino., 1484

Estimate

€ 5.000 - 7.000

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Information

Venice, Octaviano Scoto da Monza, 1484. In 2°. Woodcut initials, red woodcut mark at the end, missing copy of the 10 preliminary Landinian sheets, the folio e2 in facsimile, light browning, woodworms and brown ink marks on the last reinforced leaf, full parchment binding with gold impressions from the 19th century.

Specialist Notes

Second edition of Landino's commentary on the Comedy, «printed in round characters, large for the text, smaller for the commentary arranged around it, without numbering of pages» (Mambelli 11).
Mambelli 11; Pellechet 4515; Walters 445; Hain-Copinger 5947; Proctor 4581

Contact

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Condition report

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