DANTE, Alighieri. La divina commedia. Commentary by Christoforo Landino and Alessandro Vellutello, edited by F. Sansovino. Venice: Domenico Nicolino, for Giovanni Battista and Melchiore Sessa and brothers, 1564. 2o. Large medallion portrait on title within elaborate scrollwork border, 96 woodcuts in text, woodcut initials, printer's device at end (title and first few leaves reinforced along margins, H1 torn with old repair, tiny hole in VV1, light dampstaining throughout). Contemporary vellum (upper joint cracked). Provenance: Robert Woods Bliss; Mildred Bliss (bookplates); Anatole France (inscribed and signed in two places); additionally signed by MARCEL PROUST, Madame de la Salle and others. First edition to print the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello together, first Sansovino edition. The title portrait is new to this edition. Adams D-103; Essling 546; Mortimer Italian 148.