Skip to content

La Divina Comedia Di Dante (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri - 1569

by Dante Alighieri

Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
La Divina Comedia Di Dante (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri - 1569

La Divina Comedia Di Dante (The Divine Comedy)

by Dante Alighieri

  • Used
  • very good
Venice-Italy: Domenico Farri, 1569. HARDCOVER. very good. SIze: 132mm x 80mm. Appears A1-A12 are supplied from another copy. One leaf loose at Tavola where it says at top Tristano p.270. Original Coeval hardback binding with handwritten title on the smooth spine. Waterstaining throughout. The second edition was edited by Lodovico Dolce, following the first edition by Giolito de Ferrari in 1555. In addition, the first edition to come out of Farri's presses.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - very good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Domenico Farri
  • Place of Publication Venice-Italy
  • Date Published 1569

We have 1 copies available starting at €125,000.00.

[La Divina Commedia / The Divine Comedy - Manoscritto dell'inizio del XX secolo della Divina...
More Photos

[La Divina Commedia / The Divine Comedy - Manoscritto dell'inizio del XX secolo della Divina Commedia di Dante - con strofe manoscritte da "L'Inferno / Inferno" - "Purgatorio" - "Il Paradiso / Paradiso"] - The Manuscript is titled: "Pictures Illustrating The Pilgrimage of the Divine Poet Through The Realms of Punishment of Penance and Peace" - Illuminated Devotional Manuscript of section of "L'Inferno / Inferno" - "Purgatorio" - "Il Paradiso / Paradiso" - with excerpts of Dante's Divina Comedia, in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts. The manuscript is a strictly themed Dante Devotion and is of magical quality if one considers the fantastic, original calligraphy artwork, the composition of the manuscript and the coded meaning to the composer of this manuscript.: The Folio - size manuscript is massive and has 216 pages, of which 109 pages are with illuminated, original watercolour-paintings in the style of the medieval masters, sometimes collages with watercolour and original etchings, engravings etc. The miniatur

by [Anonymous] Dante Alighieri / Cockerell, Douglas / North, John William / Ashendene Press Circle /

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Inanna Rare Books Ltd.
Skibbereen, Ireland
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
€125,000.00

Show Details

Description:
1910. England, [Douglas Cockerell / John William North], no year [c.1910]. Folio (34 cm wide x 42.5 cm high). 216 pages. Hardcover / Binding in full green morocco with lettering and Dante's head as bronze sculpture per inlet to front cover. Binding by Douglas Cockerell, signed "WHS", during his directorship of W.H.Smith & Son (1905 - 1914). The manuscript is on excellent paper, watermarked O.W.P. & A.C.L. [O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd., established by English painter John William North (1842-1924) in 1895]. The binding rubbed and with some small damages, in need of some minor restoration but overall still very good. The interior, the paper and the artwork all in excellent condition besides one of the juxtaposed photographs (Filippina Lippo) removed from the manuscript with some residue of the photograph remaining and some of the photographs with some dogears and minimal discoloration. All the original artwork in spectacular and fresh condition. The manuscript is a spectacular find and the quality of… Read More
Item Price
€125,000.00

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.