Accession number
PML 79185
Creator
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Published
In Venetia, : appresso Giouambattista Marchiò Sessa et fratelli, 1578.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Colophon: In Venetia, Appresso gli heredi di Francesco Rampazetto. Ad instantia di Giouambattista, Marchia Sessa, & fratelli. 1578.
Dedication signed: Gio. Ant. Rampazetto.
Woodcut illustrations reused from 1544 Sessa edition, attributed to Francesco Marcolini of Forlì.
Errors in foliation: 107, 288 numbered 103, 286 respectively.
Initials; side notes.
Frontispiece portrait of Dante has a rather predominant nose, which leads Sessa's three editions (1564, 1578, and 1596) to sometimes be referred to as the "Gran Naso" editions.
Printer's device on verso of last leaf, and (variant) in head pieces.
Title page vignette (portrait of Dante).
Dedication signed: Gio. Ant. Rampazetto.
Woodcut illustrations reused from 1544 Sessa edition, attributed to Francesco Marcolini of Forlì.
Errors in foliation: 107, 288 numbered 103, 286 respectively.
Initials; side notes.
Frontispiece portrait of Dante has a rather predominant nose, which leads Sessa's three editions (1564, 1578, and 1596) to sometimes be referred to as the "Gran Naso" editions.
Printer's device on verso of last leaf, and (variant) in head pieces.
Title page vignette (portrait of Dante).
Description
[28], 163, [4], 164-392 leaves : ill. ; 31 cm
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