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La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri (Three Volumes): Illustrata dal Nobil Conte Francesco Trissino di Vicenza col Testo Originale a Riscontro ad Utilita e Comodo deglli Studiosi della Sublime Poesia
by Dante
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Vicenza: Tipografia Paroni, 1857. First Edition Thus Presumed. Full Vellum. Very Good. 8vo. 20.5 by 14 cm. Scarce, and refreshing version of the Commedia, with the verse on the verso side and facing, on the recto, an Italian paraphrase. This would seem a great idea to facilitate the reading enjoyment of the work by stripping away the copious footnotes that generally accompany the Commedia, whatever language used. Surely lost in this version to the modern reader, and this would apply almost equally to the nineteenth century Italian reader as well, is some of the biographical and historical esoterica, but gained is an ability to relish the verse, with a quick bumping up of one's literal comprehension without getting bogged down in minutiae. The full vellum of the three volumes is attractive but soiled, particularly on the spines, and with one blemish burn-like spot, smaller than dime-sized, on the Inferno volume. Vellum of all volumes a little bowed, as the norm with vellum. Red and black spine labels -- minor chipping to volume number labels. Some scattered light soiling within but mostly clean. All volumes are tight.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001921
- Title
- La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri (Three Volumes)
- Author
- Dante
- Format/Binding
- Full Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus Presumed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tipografia Paroni
- Place of Publication
- Vicenza
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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