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Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Publisher: Luca-Antonio Giunta (Italian, 1457–1538)
Printer: Jacobus de Burgofranco (Italian, 16th century)
Author: Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265–1321)
Publisher: Luca-Antonio Giunta (Italian, 1457–1538)
Printer: Jacobus de Burgofranco (Italian, 16th century)
1529
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 100 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 23 x 5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession NumberBR1065
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Jacopo da Borgofranco for Luca-Antonio Giunta, 1529
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, Italian, 145; Sander 2326; Essling 542
Description(Venice: Jacopo da Borgofranco for Luca-Antonio Giunta, 1529) Folio; 308 leaves; vellum over boards, fawn cloth box.
Illustrations: title border with ancient and contemporary author portraits; full-page portrait of Dante (title verso); large cuts at head of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, small illustrations for each canto.
Illustrations: title border with ancient and contemporary author portraits; full-page portrait of Dante (title verso); large cuts at head of the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, small illustrations for each canto.
ProvenanceLeo S. Olschki, Florence, from whom purchased by MFA, April 17, 1900.