{"product_id":"dante-divine-comedy-1578-venice-edition","title":"[Dante Divine Comedy] 1578 Venice Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Dante Divine Comedy, 1578 Venice Second Edition]\u003c\/strong\u003e Full Title: Dante con l'Espositioni di Christoforo Landino et d'Alessandro Vellutello sopra la sua Comedia dell'Inferno, Purgatorio \u0026amp; Paradiso. Con Tavole, Argomenti, \u0026amp; Allegorie. Ridotto alla sua vera Lettura da Francesco Sansovino Fiorentino.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication: \u003c\/strong\u003e1578 \u003cspan\u003eVenice: Appresso Gioambattista, Marchio Sessa \u0026amp; Fratelli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond Sessa edition,  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith commentary by Landino and Vellutello, edited by Francesco Sansovino. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA landmark Renaissance edition of Dante's Divine Comedy, printed in Venice in 1578 by the Sessa family.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"821\" data-start=\"436\"\u003eFolio. Second Sessa edition of one of the most important sixteenth-century illustrated editions of Dante's Divine Comedy, containing the celebrated commentaries of Cristoforo Landino and Alessandro Vellutello. Title-page with large woodcut printer's device, text printed in double columns throughout, accompanied by numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams integrated into the text. With 16 leaves supplied in impressive manuscript; including the title page and woodcut device of the printer. S\u003cspan\u003eix missing folio leaves between  369 and 376. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1225\" data-start=\"823\"\u003eThis copy corresponds to the variant described in Giuliano Mambelli's Annali delle Edizioni Dantesche, supplied with the portrait title of Dante and the cat device of Marchio Sessa. A substantial folio printing that played a significant role in the transmission and interpretation of Dante during the Renaissance, incorporating the influential Vellutello commentary and Sansovino's editorial revisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1237\" data-start=\"1227\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1865\" data-start=\"1239\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMajority of contents are in good, clean condition; faint water staining at points throughout;  two leaves (fo. 180-81) heavily browned; worm track mostly to lower margin, most heavily affecting leaves from approximately. fo 64-100, occasionally encroachingon letterpress. In early 18th century vellum. more photos upon request \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rose Books \u0026 Obscurities","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48396600279197,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/9827\/4949\/files\/IMG_2716_02062f3b-4711-4b39-bb0d-9d7460334b28.jpg?v=1781057255","url":"https:\/\/roseobscurities.com\/products\/dante-divine-comedy-1578-venice-edition","provider":"The Rose Books \u0026 Obscurities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}