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La Commedia [The Divine Comedy]
Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Petrus de Piasiis, Cremonensis (Italian)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Petrus de Piasiis, Cremonensis (Italian)
1491
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 100 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 20.5 x 4.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP19584
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Petrus de Piasiis, Cremonensis, 18 November 1491
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff D-33; BMC V 270; GW 7970; Essling 532; Sander 2314
Description(Venice: Petrus de Piasiis, Cremonensis, 18 November 1491) Folio; 324 leaves [Forty-four leaves taken out and placed with prints (14I5, Boxes 2 and 3)]; tan and mottled calf binding.
ProvenanceJoseph Baer & Co., from whom purchased by MFA, Summer 1912.