La Divina Commedia: or, The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri

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La Divina Commedia: or, The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri

Artist Sandro Botticelli (Italian, born 1444 or 1445, died 1510)

Publisher Nonesuch Press, [London], 1928 (Francis Meynell, G. M.)

Printer reproductions: Daniel Jacomet, [Paris]; text: The Westminster Press, [London?]

Author Dante Alighieri (Italian, 1265-1321)

Date1928

DimensionsBook: H: 12 3/8 in. (315 mm); W: 8 3/4 in. (223 mm); Depth: 2 3/4 in. (70 mm).
Page (partially trimmed): H: 12 1/16 in. (306 mm); W: 7 15/16 in. (202 mm).

MediumReproductions: 42 collotypes of drawings in brown. Text: letterpress (typefaces: Blado Italic, Poliphilus capitals). Paper: Van Gelder cream laid, watermarked with a unicorn and with the publisher’s name within a decorative frame.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.290

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Published Referencescf. Lightbown, Ronald, Sandro Botticelli: Vol. II, Complete Catalogue, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1978, nos. E21--E111, reprs. of the original drawings

cf. The Frank Crowninshield Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943, no. 65.