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Christmas Special / Antique Books, Autographs and Prints

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Letteratura

Alighieri, Dante

Dante with the exposition by Christoforo Landino, 1564

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 3.000

Sold

€ 1.677

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Information

Venice, published by Giovambattista, Marchiò Sessa, & brothers, 1564. In 8°. Portrait of Dante on the title page, woodcut initials and decorations. The volume is accompanied by numerous woodcuts. Handwritten annotations and brown ink marks. Printer's device at the end. Full parchment binding. Spine with three raised bands and a label. Edges colored in blue. Scattered stains, light browning and reddening. Pp. 29, 257, 272, 288, 299, 376 incorrectly numbered 37, 256, 270, 286, 209, 375.

Specialist Notes

This is an important edition, one of the most significant of the 16th-century Dante editions; it was called "Dante del nasone" (Dante of the Big Nose) in reference to the poet's portrait. For the first time, the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello are brought together, and comparing the opinions of the 15th-century scholar with those of the 16th-century scholar is highly interesting for scholars.

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