(1544). DANTE. LA COMEDIA CON LA NOVA ESPOSITIONE DI ALESSAN - Lot 211

(1544). DANTE. LA COMEDIA CON LA NOVA ESPOSITIONE DI ALESSANDRO VELLUTELLO. Venise, per Francesco Marcolini ad instantia di Alessandro Vellutello, del mese di Gugno lanno 1544). In-4° of 439 (of 441) leaves, stiff vellum (18th century binding). The first edition, with commentary by the poet Alessandro Vellutello, is one of the best. It is printed in attractive italic type and illustrated with 87 VERY CURIOUS WOODEN FIGURES, most of them circular. These remarkable compositions are attributed to the publisher Marcolini, a friend of Titian and Sansovino. The title and the introductory leaf A8 are missing, a few pages repaired or stained, rings scattered (USTC, 808777) (Mortimer, Italian n°146).