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Title

  • La Commedia.

Names

  • Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
  • Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504.
  • Pietro, da Figino, active 15th century, editor.
  • Piasi, Piero de, active 15th century, printer.
  • Lexington, Robert Sutton, Baron, 1594-1668, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Venice, Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, dictus Veronensis, 18 Nov. 1491.

Headings

  • -  Italy--Venice

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Venice--1491

Notes

  • -  With the commentary of Cristoforo Landino. Edited by Piero da Figino.
  • -  Includes selected poems of the author (leaves 315b-320b).
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 264
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, D-33
  • -  Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 5950
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 270
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7970
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Vollbehr H5950

Medium

  • [14], 11-316 [i.e. 317], [3] leaves. woodcuts: illus. 30 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1491 .D19
  • Incun. 1491 .D19 Copy 2 Copy 2. 29.4 cm. Imperfect: first and last leaves mutilated and repaired. Inscription on leaf [14b]: Ce p[rese]nt livure appartient a maistre Jacques Phillacher serurier demourant pour le p[rese]nt a Romme aupres de saincte Barbe et natif de Rivemont en Picardie ... 1560 ... On verso of last leaf: Hieronimus Aspellus Foroliuiensis die 17 Nouembr. 1491 (17th cent. hand?)
  • Incun. 1491 .D19 Copy 3 Copy 3. 31.7 cm. Imperfect: [14] leaves at beginning and last 4 leaves wanting.
  • Incun. 1491 .D19 Copy 4 Copy 4. Imperfect: first 14 leaves, leaves 19 and 116, and last 4 leaves wanting. Bookplate of Right Honble. Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48033715

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dante Alighieri, Cristoforo Landino, Piero De Piasi, Robert Sutton Lexington, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and John Davis Batchelder Collection. La Commedia. editeds by Pietro, Da Figino, Active 15Th Centuryitor Venice, Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, dictus Veronensis, 18 Nov, 1491. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48033715/.

APA citation style:

Dante Alighieri, Landino, C., Piasi, P. D., Lexington, R. S., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & John Davis Batchelder Collection, Pietro, D. F., ed. (1491) La Commedia. Venice, Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, dictus Veronensis, 18 Nov. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48033715/.

MLA citation style:

Dante Alighieri, et al. La Commedia. ed by Pietro, Da Figino, Active 15Th Centuryitor Venice, Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, dictus Veronensis, 18 Nov, 1491. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48033715/>.