- Publication: La Comedia di Dante AligieriPublication Record # 382050
- Author: Dante Alighieri
- Date: 1544-06-00
- Publisher: Francesco Marcolini
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: NOVEL
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Notes:
- Includes 3 full-page woodcuts (Hell, Purgatory and Heaven) and 84 large illustrations, probably by Marcolini.
- Gamba, 387: "beautiful edition, adorned with elegant woodcuts"; Brunet II, 503: "Une des éditions Meilleures anciennes de Dante" De Batines I, p.82: "beautiful and rare edition"; Mambelli, n.30; Sander 2823;
- First Vellutello edition.
- According to Christie's Auction House, the sub-title is: con la noua espositione di Alessandro Vellutello. Publication month from Christie's.
- Later listing from Christie's says of the woodblock illustrations here "Marcolini's artist(s)'s woodcuts reappeared in the Sessa brothers's editions of 1564, 1578 and 1596, and 79 of the original 85 blocks were further used in 1696 in Palazzi's Compendio della Comedia di Dante Alighieri, Venice by Albrizzi. They were also widely copied, for instance at Lyons by Rouillé, 1551, and at Venice by Morando in 1554."
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External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1002749133
Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)
- La Comedia di Dante Aligieri • (1544) • novel by Dante Alighieri (variant of La Commedia 1472)
- Commentary (La Comedia di Dante Aligieri) • (1544) • essay by Alessandro Vellutello
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| OCLC/Worldcat | Verified | Chavey | 2014-11-29 21:55:41 |
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