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Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
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Dante Alighieri | La divina commedia, Parma, 1796, 3 parts in one vol., contemporary red morocco gilt
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July 18, 10:59 AM GMT
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Description
Dante Alighieri
La divina commedia. Parma: Bodoni, 1796 [1795]
3 parts in one volume, folio (358 x 245mm.), without blank leaf at end of Inferno, with blank leaf at end of Paradiso, red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, slight worming, dampstain at upper margin, binding rubbed with old repairs to spine and upper cover detached
This copy seems to be a mixed edition of the 1795 and 1796 Bodoni folio editions. The preliminary leaves accord with Brooks 653 (1796) and the rest of the text with Brooks 588 (1795).
LITERATURE
Brooks 588 ("Magnifica edizione") & 653 ("edizione bella")