Dante Alighieri
The Brescia Dante: With a Leaf from the Illustrated Edition of 1487 Printed by Boninus de Boninis, 1975
Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press
One of 250 copies containing an original leaf.
2953
Folio. vii, 59pp. The volume includes five reprinted illustrations from the Brescia edition, one of which is a two-page spread of the city of Brescia. The leaf bears text and...
Folio. vii, 59pp. The volume includes five reprinted illustrations from the Brescia edition, one of which is a two-page spread of the city of Brescia. The leaf bears text and marginal annotations on both sides. Accompanying the leaf are two essays, "Dante Alighieri, Universal Poet," by Philip J. Spartano, and "Boninus de Boninis in the History of Printing," by Chad J. Flake. Leaf shows a couple small wormholes. A fine copy in illustrated cloth boards, with a Mylar dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown.
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