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DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). Lo amoroso convivio . Venice: Zuane Antonio and Fratelli da Sabbio, October 1521. 8° (151 x 98mm). Large woodcut portrait of Dante on title-page. (Colophon date re-inforced with pen.) Late 19th-century morocco in earlier Italian style with Venus tooled on sides within a gilt and blind border, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : French ?19th-century bibliographical manuscript note at end.
DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321). Lo amoroso convivio . Venice: Zuane Antonio and Fratelli da Sabbio, October 1521. 8° (151 x 98mm). Large woodcut portrait of Dante on title-page. (Colophon date re-inforced with pen.) Late 19th-century morocco in earlier Italian style with Venus tooled on sides within a gilt and blind border, spine gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : French ?19th-century bibliographical manuscript note at end. WITH THE FIRST IMAGE OF DANTE IN A PRINTED BOOK. Second edition of this important precursor to the Divine Comedy . Sander 2329; Essling 2109; Gamba 418 ('rara e poco nota'); NUC locates 5 copies (Cornell [incomplete], Harvard, Yale, Indiana, Williams).