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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) La Commedia.
Venice: Bernardinus Benalius and Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 3 March 1491.
Folio, third fully illustrated edition of the Divine Comedy, 289 of 302 leaves (lacking thirteen leaves: eleven preliminaries [*1-10 and a1] and two text leaves [folios 98 & 103]); illustrated with three full-paged woodcuts (two blocks, one repeat), ninety-seven text woodcuts, woodcut initials; text in roman letter, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf (Kristeller 187); some leaves waterstained, torn, with marginal repairs to first signature, some spotting to contents; bound in later half calf and marbled paper boards, edges gauffered and stained red, ex libris William Henry Dutton and Edmund McClure, with their bookplates inside the front board; signature of Angelo Bandini (1726-1800) on verso of last leaf; 11 3/4 x 8 in.
The commentary of Cristoforo Landino surrounds Dante's original text, as revised by Pietro da Figino. This incunabula edition of the first illustrated Venetian version of the text contains a full cycle of images for the first time.
