1830 Rare Italian Book - La Divina Commedia di DANTE ALIGHIERI - Divine Comedy
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Author : DANTE ALIGHIERI
Title : La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri, con le chiose e argomenti del Venturi, ritoccati da Antonmaria Robiola, aggiuntevi alcune note di questo e scelte d'altri. (Complete in 3 volumes bound in one).
Publisher : Torino : Presse Giuseppe Pomba, 1830.
Language : Text in Italian
Size : 5 " X 3.5 "
Pages : 182,392,(3) pages - vols. 2 & 3 with continuous pagination. (Complete).
Binding : Attractive and very good half vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing and staining, signature of a previous owner on title page).
Estimation : (USD 200- USD 250)
The book : Nice and attractive complete Italian edition of the Divine Comedy in a beautiful half 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.