Shelfmark
Cg.2.2.02 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ge.3.07 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Divina commedia]
Title
Dante con l'espositioni di Christoforo Landino, et d'Alessandro Vellutello. Sopra la sua comedia dell'Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso. Con tauole, argomenti, & allegorie, & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua vera lettura, per Francesco Sansouino Fiorentino..
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venetia, : Appresso Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, & Fratelli., 1578..
Physical description
[28], 163, [4], 164-392 leaves : ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Note
Colophon reads "In Venetia, appresso gli Heredi di Francesco Rampazetto. Ad instantia di Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, & Fratelli. MDLXXVIII."
Note
Woodcut title page vignette.
Note
Printer's device on verso of last leaf, and (variant) in head-pieces.
Note
Woodcut initials and head-pieces; printed marginalia.
Note
Errors in foliation: 107, 288 numbered 103, 286 respectively.
Note
Dedication signed: Gio. Ant. Rampazetto.
Provenance
Copy 1: Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Copy 2: Book label of Nicholas Mann on front endpaper, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. on pastedowns and at foot of title-page: Gabriel Perdonus.
Binding
Copy 1: 18th century red, gold-tooled morocco. "Wier Ft." stamped at foot of spine.
Binding
Copy 2: Boards covered in 13th century ms. waste.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: ECL previous shelfmarks: Ci.1.1.11 and Ci.1.1.09.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Two loose leaves (in Latin) concerning the life of Dante from Icones quinquaginta uirorum illustrium, doctrina & eruditione praestantium by Jean Jacques Boissard (1528-1602), printed in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) in 1597-99.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previous shelfmark: Db.2.01.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Additional ms. inscription on title-page, not deciphered.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: 17th century inscription in Italian on back endpaper.
Subject
Hell Early works to 1800.
Subject
Future life Early works to 1800.
Subject
Heaven Early works to 1800.
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Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
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Perdonus, Gabriel former owner.
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Eredi di Francesco Rampazetto printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B14227