Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 150

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Dante col Sito, et Forma dell'Inferno Tratta dalla Istessa Descrittione del Poeta.

Venice: Impresso nelle Case d'Aldo & d'Andrea di Asola, 1515.

Octavo, second Aldine edition, with Aldus's anchor and dolphin device used three times; illustrated with two double-page and one full-page woodcuts bound at the end; original Venetian gilt-tooled brown morocco re-laid over new boards, expertly done; lacking the original ties; new spine in keeping with the general style of the original; contents washed and pressed, with some toning to leaves and pale marginalia; original gilt edges intact with slightly diminished gauffering; 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.

UCLA 136 (this copy with issue points of second edition, first issue).
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