Dante Alighieri - Le terze Rime di Dante (Lo'nferno e'l Purgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri) - 1502

Le terze Rime di Dante. Lo'nferno e'l Purgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri. Condition: good 242 unnumbered sheets (white sheet 82 present) , no woodworm holes, nor water stains. Initial of each cantica coloured by hand. Modern half leather binding, slightly loose. Sheets 239 and 242 (including colophon) are missing, but replaced but two handwritten ones with the missing parts, as shown in the photos. Golden and decorated title on a tag on the spine, written in cursive Aldine. First edition, with the back of the last white sheet, in place of the anchor that is present in the second edition. As is known, the new Aldine printing company was prepared during the edition; very few copies had already been finished without the anchor, and are far more rare. #Italian. Genius