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Dante Alighieri. () [Divina Commedia] Dante col sito
Dante Alighieri. [Divina Commedia] Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta, collation: [*]2 a-z, A-H8, woodcut printer's device to [*]2 and verso of final f. (H8), double-page woodcut view of Hell and 3pp. woodcut charts, l2 blank except for foliation and signature recto, lacking [*]1 ('Dante' and anchor device recto and 3 lines of title and author attribution verso), H2 and blank H7, [*]2 with ink signature and hole to lower margin, small hole to lower margin of [a1], double-page view of hell trimmed to just within border and with small hole at fold near head (with loss to image) and very narrow worm trace and small wormhole within image, H6 (with woodcut charts) trimmed closely and with 3 worm traces within printed area, both H5&6 mounted on stubs, final f. laid down, first 2 ff. stained, occasional spotting and lighter staining elsewhere, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo (150 x 83mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani], August, 1515.
⁂ The first illustrated Aldine edition of Dante, the second Aldine edition overall. It was dedicated to the poet Vittoria Colonna by Torresani.
Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 136; Renouard 73:8; Adams D88; EDIT 16 CNCE 1150.
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Dante Alighieri. [Divina Commedia] Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno tratta dalla istessa descrittione del poeta, collation: [*]2 a-z, A-H8, woodcut printer's device to [*]2 and verso of final f. (H8), double-page woodcut view of Hell and 3pp. woodcut charts, l2 blank except for foliation and signature recto, lacking [*]1 ('Dante' and anchor device recto and 3 lines of title and author attribution verso), H2 and blank H7, [*]2 with ink signature and hole to lower margin, small hole to lower margin of [a1], double-page view of hell trimmed to just within border and with small hole at fold near head (with loss to image) and very narrow worm trace and small wormhole within image, H6 (with woodcut charts) trimmed closely and with 3 worm traces within printed area, both H5&6 mounted on stubs, final f. laid down, first 2 ff. stained, occasional spotting and lighter staining elsewhere, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 8vo (150 x 83mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani], August, 1515.
⁂ The first illustrated Aldine edition of Dante, the second Aldine edition overall. It was dedicated to the poet Vittoria Colonna by Torresani.
Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 136; Renouard 73:8; Adams D88; EDIT 16 CNCE 1150.
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