Accession number
PML 1254
Creator
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Published
Venetiis : In aedib[us]. Aldi., men[se] Aug[usto] M.DII [August 1502].
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
Title-page has title only. Imprint from colophon.
With Aldine printer's mark on verso of H4. Renourd identifies this as the first appearance of the Aldine mark. Not all copies of this edition have the mark suggesting that there were at least two impressions of this work. --Cf. Renourd.
First letter of "aedibus" is an upside down "V" instead of an "A". Cf. Adams.
First small format edtion of Dante, all earlier editions in folio. Cf. Renourd.
On verso of title page: Lo'nferno e'l Pvrgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri [sic].
Italic type; guide letters present.
Title-page has title only. Imprint from colophon.
With Aldine printer's mark on verso of H4. Renourd identifies this as the first appearance of the Aldine mark. Not all copies of this edition have the mark suggesting that there were at least two impressions of this work. --Cf. Renourd.
First letter of "aedibus" is an upside down "V" instead of an "A". Cf. Adams.
First small format edtion of Dante, all earlier editions in folio. Cf. Renourd.
On verso of title page: Lo'nferno e'l Pvrgatorio e'l Paradiso di Dante Alaghieri [sic].
Italic type; guide letters present.
Description
[488] pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Antoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853), his sale: Evans (London), 23 June 1834, lot 269 for £3.3.0; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased in 1837, 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
Dark green morocco, gilt-tooled, by Bozerian le jeune.
Classification
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