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DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). La Commedia con la nova expositione di Alessandro Vellutello. Venice: Francesco Marcolini for Alessandro Vellutello, June, 1544.
8° (232 x 152mm). Three full-page woodcuts and 84 woodcut illustrations in the text, final blank leaf. (Rather dampstained, outer margin of bifolia BB1/8 repaired touching text, ff. AH1 and AI7 torn and repaired, a few other minor tears, a few leaves browned.) 19th-century half calf (scuffed, spine detached). Provenance: Libreria Leo S. Olschki (typed description loosely inserted).
First edition with the Vellutello commentary, with woodcuts made for this edition, this copy with the three missing lines stamped at foot of f.V7r. Harvard Italian 146; Adams D-94
8° (232 x 152mm). Three full-page woodcuts and 84 woodcut illustrations in the text, final blank leaf. (Rather dampstained, outer margin of bifolia BB1/8 repaired touching text, ff. AH1 and AI7 torn and repaired, a few other minor tears, a few leaves browned.) 19th-century half calf (scuffed, spine detached). Provenance: Libreria Leo S. Olschki (typed description loosely inserted).
First edition with the Vellutello commentary, with woodcuts made for this edition, this copy with the three missing lines stamped at foot of f.V7r. Harvard Italian 146; Adams D-94