Accession number
PML 1257
Creator
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Published
[Lyon] : [Balthazar de Gabiano], [1502-1503]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Signatures: a-z A-F⁸ G¹²: 244 leaves.
Lyon counterfeit of the 1502 Aldine edition.
Lyon counterfeit of the 1502 Aldine edition.
Description
[244] leaves ; (8vo)
Provenance
Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), gilt-tooled name on front cover; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased in 1844 for £6.6.0, armorial booklabel (front pastedown) and shelfmark: D3 (front endleaf 1 verso), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Blue morocco, gilt-tooled, perhaps by Bozerian (unsigned). Pink silk pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves. Gilt edges. Spine faded to brown.
Classification
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