La Diuina comedia di Dante, con la dichiaratione de'vocaboli piu importanti, usati dal poeta, di M. Lodouico Dolce.
Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Category
Books
Date
1578
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3087439
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36], 598, [2] p. ; 12mo. Running number: 7480. Imperfect: wanting quire (b), i.e. p. 25-36 of prelims. Final leaves Bb1-12 and rear endpapers damaged (insect?) on fore-edge. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: "eit Fran [illegible] Clasijs costat [illegible] tr: 69 ./.". Occasional manuscript marginal annotations, e.g. a4r, a5v, Q10r, Q11v. Manuscript inscription on verso of leaf Bb12: "4 qber 1658 in Venetia [illegible] libro comprato a [illegible] Ven. Po. de Vichefort". Binding: sixteenth or seventeenth-century limp parchment; sewn on two leather supports; rear cover loose from sewing; fore-edges folded-over; two pairs of three holes in covers for ties (missing); manuscript title along spine: "Dante Comedia".
Makers and roles
Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 - Ravenna 1321) Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568) Domenico Farri