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DANTE ALIGHERI (1265-1321). [Opera] con l'Espositioni di Christoforo Landino et d'Alessandro Vellutello. Edited by Francesco Sansovino. Commentary by Landino and Vellutello. Venice: heirs of Francesco Rampazetto for Giovambattista Marchi Sessa & Fratelli, 1578.
2o (324 x 220 mm). Woodcut portrait of Dante on title, 91 woodcut illustrations in text. (F1 with short tear at top of sheet, extending into text block, a few leaves with small losses at corners, XX5 and AAA5 with small thin spots in lower margin, some occasional pale browning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum (worn, spine bands rubbed, head of spine chipped). Provenance: Lionel H. Pries (bookplates).
One of two later Sansovino editions and the first to print the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello together. The first Sansovino edition was issued in 1564. Adams D-108; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 148.
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One of two later Sansovino editions and the first to print the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello together. The first Sansovino edition was issued in 1564. Adams D-108; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 148.