Lot 83
Alighieri (Dante) Con Nuove et Utili Ispositioni, Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1571.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Alighieri (Dante) Con Nuove et Utili Ispositioni, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Rr8, woodcut printer's device to title, 3 whole-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut medallion portrait A3v, woodcut initials, eighteenth century speckled calf, covers, spine and edges gilt, spine with elephant motifs in compartments, gilt a little rubbed, morocco spine label chipped, 16mo (113 x 69mm.), Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1571.
⁂ A rare edition of 'The Divine Comedy' in Italian, a reprint of the Rouille edition of 1551, with Alessandro Vellutello's important commentary. The three whole-page illustrations depicting Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Literature: Adams D106; EDIT 16 CNCE 1174.
Description
Alighieri (Dante) Con Nuove et Utili Ispositioni, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Rr8, woodcut printer's device to title, 3 whole-page woodcut illustrations, woodcut medallion portrait A3v, woodcut initials, eighteenth century speckled calf, covers, spine and edges gilt, spine with elephant motifs in compartments, gilt a little rubbed, morocco spine label chipped, 16mo (113 x 69mm.), Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1571.
⁂ A rare edition of 'The Divine Comedy' in Italian, a reprint of the Rouille edition of 1551, with Alessandro Vellutello's important commentary. The three whole-page illustrations depicting Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Literature: Adams D106; EDIT 16 CNCE 1174.
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