Opere di Dante Alighieri.
Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Category
Books
Date
1657 - 1658
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049086.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3, plates . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: E.5. The top edge of many pages is uncut.. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768]. Possibly purchased by 5th earl on his Grand Tour in 1760?. Binding: Italian paperboard binding as issued; loosely stitched (4 holes); sewn onto four leather cords; edge roughly cut (wide margins); spine lettered in ms.
Makers and roles
Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 - Ravenna 1321)