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1883 Rare Italian Vellum Book - La Divina Commedia di DANTE ALIGHIERI - Divine Comedy.

1883 Rare Italian Vellum Book - La Divina Commedia di DANTE ALIGHIERI - Divine Comedy.

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(Description)

Author: DANTE ALIGHIERI.
Title: La Divina Commedia.
Publisher: Firenze, G. Barbèra, Editore, 1883.
Language: Text in Italian.
Size: small pocket size 4.5 " X 3 ". 
Pages: 604 pages + (4) catalogue.
Binding: Attractive and very good half vellum binding with gilt decorated spine (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous 1883 owner of the Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni (Venice) on the second blank - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with a nice frontispiece portrait of Dante Alighieri.


The book: Very nice and attractive complete Italian edition of the Divine Comedy in a beautiful vellum binding.

The author: Durante degli Alighieri simply called Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. It has been referred to as the greatest poem of the Middle Ages.