Lot 122
  • 122

Dante Alighieri

Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • Dante Alighieri
  • Two mid sixteenth-century editions of La Commedia
  • paper
Il dante. Con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1547, 12mo (120 x 72mm.), first edition in Italian to be printed in France, side-notes throughout after Cristoforo Landino, woodcut vignette on title, initials and head-pieces, printer's device at end, red morocco gilt by Capé

La divina comedia di Dante, con nuovo alla sua vera lettione ridotta con lo aiuto di molti antichissimi esemplari. Venice: Domenico Farri, 1569, 12mo (127 x 72mm.), edited by Lodovico Dolce, later calf, very worn

Literature

Cartier, de Tournes 79; Censimento 16 CNCE 1173

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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