Alighieri Dante. La Commedia Di Dante Alighieri Col Commento Di N. Tommaseo. Venezia.. 1837

Alighieri Dante (1265 - 1321). La Commedia di Dante Alighieri col commento di N. Tommaseo. Venezia: Co'tipi del Gondoliere, 1837. Three volumes bound in one. Charming Venetian vignette on each title page. Sturdy 19th-century half-leather binding with corners, spine with raised bands, and rich gilt decorations and titles. Gilded top edge and marbled endpapers. Noble engraved bookplate. Only a few light and inconsequential marginal foxing marks, otherwise a remarkably well-preserved copy, particularly wide-margined (uncut and with deckle edges). This is the original edition of the Commedia with the magnificent commentary by Tommaseo, one of the monumental works of Dantean exegesis of the 19th century, written during Tommaseo's years in France. See Mambelli 198; De Batines I, 182. Rare, especially in such exceptional condition and in a fine binding like the present example.

8° (9,80x6,26mm) pp. 272; 265 (1); 256.

Private collection

Some spotting, general wear.