Sale 2291 Lot 44

DANTE ALIGHIERI. Le Terze Rime. Aldine woodcut device on last page. [244] leaves, including blank l2. 8vo, 152x97 mm, 19th-century gilt-panelled vellum boards with red and black morocco lettering pieces; occasional minor marginal soiling and stains, light soiling on title, title and next leaf reinforced in gutter. Bookplate of Clara and Irwin Strasburger. (Venice: House of Aldus, August 1502)
Estimate $5,000-7,000

first aldine and first small-format edition of the divine comedy; second state of the last leaf, with Aldine device within dot border on verso. Renouard, page 34(5); New UCLA 59.5; Gamba 385.