Dante Alighieri; Gaetano Poggiali [ed.]; Leonardo Aretino [vita]

La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri, gia ridotta a miglior lezione dagli Accademici della Crusca: Tomo Primo - Quarto [Four volume set, complete]

Livorno, Italia: Presso Tommaso Masi e Comp. Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1807. Very Good. Item #48967

Livorno, Italia: Presso Tommaso Masi e Comp. Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1807 - 1813. First Edition. Four octavo volumes; bound in uniform contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, five raised bands and red leather labels to spine, all edges gilt; frontis portrait of Dante and diagram of Hell bound in Vol. I; collated and complete. Light wear to edges; old professional repair to joints; brief exposure to bumped corners; chip to crown of Vol. I; bindings sound; interiors unmarked; a Very Good set.

Includes the text of Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, as well as Aretino's brief life of the poet. The editor, Gaetano Poggiali, was a great bibliophile of his day, and here has included the text, or "lezioni," from a codex from his collection on Dante's work, which he dates no later than 1330. Full sets of this edition in contemporary bindings uncommon in retail and auction..

Price: $1,500.00