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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri according to the lesson published in 1791. Rome 1810 Mariano de Romanis
Format in-12ยฐ, mm. 135x85, pp. (4), xii, 210 + 1 portrait on the frontispiece / (2), 206, / (2), 204. Complete. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Drawings and notes in old Indian ink on the flyleaves. Leaves in excellent condition with slight foxing. Clear text.
Old edition printed in Rome in 1810 by Mariano De Romanis, 3 frontispieces preserved (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise). With 1 portrait of Dante Alighieri on the frontispiece. Edition based on the 1791 version by Bonaventura Lombardi. With a biography of Dante by Pierantonio Serassi (1721-1791).
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