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DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). Le Terze Rime. Venice: Aldus Manutius, August 1502.
Aldine 8° (162 x 98mm). Collation: a-z8 A-G8 H4 (a1r title, a1v subtitle, l2 blank, x3v blank, H4v blank). 242 leaves (of 244, lacking title and without blank l2). (Minor marginal worming in 4 lvs., short marginal tear in a1, d2 torn into text without loss, marginal wormholes at upper corner of last 3 leaves, occasional small stain or light dampstain.) CONTEMPORARY NORTH ITALIAN BROWN GOLD-TOOLED GOATSKIN, leaf tool at corner, corner decoration and central lozenge decoration composed of several small tools, lower cover tooled 'DANTE' at top and 'IO MA RO' at bottom, edges gauffered at edge, fore-edge lettered 'paradis', without 4 ties (slightly restored at spine and corners). Provenance: 'Io. Ma. Ro.', unidentified contemporary owner (binding).
FIRST ALDINE EDITION, first issue, without the Aldine device on last page, of the first 'portable' edition of the Divine Comedy. It has long been recognised that certain alterations occurred in the type-setting of the Dante during the press run in the Aldine shop, of which the addition of the anchor device -- its first appearance in print -- to the last leaf is the best known example. Less well known is that quires a-c were completely re-set. The present copy belongs to the issue with all headlines in those quires (except a2r), as indeed all headlines in the Inferno, reading 'INF.'. Adams D-83; Ahmanson-Murphy 47-47a; Renouard 34:5; L. Bigliazzi and others, Aldo Manuzio tipografo 1494-1515 (Florence: 1994), 63.
Aldine 8° (162 x 98mm). Collation: a-z8 A-G8 H4 (a1r title, a1v subtitle, l2 blank, x3v blank, H4v blank). 242 leaves (of 244, lacking title and without blank l2). (Minor marginal worming in 4 lvs., short marginal tear in a1, d2 torn into text without loss, marginal wormholes at upper corner of last 3 leaves, occasional small stain or light dampstain.) CONTEMPORARY NORTH ITALIAN BROWN GOLD-TOOLED GOATSKIN, leaf tool at corner, corner decoration and central lozenge decoration composed of several small tools, lower cover tooled 'DANTE' at top and 'IO MA RO' at bottom, edges gauffered at edge, fore-edge lettered 'paradis', without 4 ties (slightly restored at spine and corners). Provenance: 'Io. Ma. Ro.', unidentified contemporary owner (binding).
FIRST ALDINE EDITION, first issue, without the Aldine device on last page, of the first 'portable' edition of the Divine Comedy. It has long been recognised that certain alterations occurred in the type-setting of the Dante during the press run in the Aldine shop, of which the addition of the anchor device -- its first appearance in print -- to the last leaf is the best known example. Less well known is that quires a-c were completely re-set. The present copy belongs to the issue with all headlines in those quires (except a2r), as indeed all headlines in the Inferno, reading 'INF.'. Adams D-83; Ahmanson-Murphy 47-47a; Renouard 34:5; L. Bigliazzi and others, Aldo Manuzio tipografo 1494-1515 (Florence: 1994), 63.
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