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Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Printer: Bernardino Stagnino (Italian, active 1478–1538)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Printer: Bernardino Stagnino (Italian, active 1478–1538)
1512
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 99 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 15.8 x 5.7 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Accession NumberBR1064
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Bernardino Stagnino, 1512
Catalogue Raisonné
Sander 2320; Essling 536; Mortimer, Italian, 144
Description(Venice: Bernardino Stagnino, 1512) Quarto; 452 leaves [title removed, placed with prints]; old stiff vellum, gilt-stamped brown leather label on spine (green cloth box).
Illustrations: title-page border, portrait of S. Bernardino da Siena on title page; full-page woodcut preceding first canto of Inferno (fol. a1v); smaller blocks before each canto.
Tenth illustrated edition; first use of these illustrations, which are loosely based on set first used in March of 1491. The commentary is that of Cristoforo Landino, and the text edited by Pietro da Figino.
Illustrations: title-page border, portrait of S. Bernardino da Siena on title page; full-page woodcut preceding first canto of Inferno (fol. a1v); smaller blocks before each canto.
Tenth illustrated edition; first use of these illustrations, which are loosely based on set first used in March of 1491. The commentary is that of Cristoforo Landino, and the text edited by Pietro da Figino.
ProvenanceLeo S. Olschki, Florence, from whom purchased by MFA, April 17, 1900.