Apr 19, 2004 - Sale 2003

Sale 2003 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
DANTE ALIGHIERI. Dante con l'Espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellutello, sopra la sua Comedia . . . riformato, riveduto, & ridotto . . . per Francesco Sansovino. Large woodcut portrait of Dante on title; 96 woodcut text illustrations; Sessa device on last page. [28], 163, [4], 164-392 leaves. Folio, 19th-century 1/4 straight-grain morocco, worn, spine damaged at top and reinforced with cellotape; moderate foxing through much of volume, some leaves heavily browned, some marginal dampstaining, some sidenotes cropped, title mounted, lower outer corner torn off 2Y6 with text loss. Venice: apresso Giovambattista, Marchiò Sessa, & Fratelli, 1564
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first sansovino edition,