State Mint Printing Office - The Divine Comedy

3 numbers final colophon with bas-relief on the cover

(Premium Editions - Illustrated 900) ALIGHIERI, Dante - MANZÙ, Giacomo. The Divine Comedy in the Engravings of Contemporary Artists. Rome, Casa di Dante, (1987).

3 volumes in Atlantic folio (520 x 415 mm). Inferno: [10 leaves] and [34] copperplates, plus one leaf with colophon at the end. Purgatory: [9] leaves and [33] copperplates. Paradise: [8] leaves and [33] copperplates. Publisher's binding in dark half morocco and wooden boards, raised banded spine with gold title, Manzù circlet on each front cover. The three volumes are kept in a single suede-covered slipcase (minimal traces of use).

A SCENOGRAPHIC CONTEMPORARY EDITION of the Divine Comedy, where each of the artists involved has illustrated a scene from the poem, introduced by the relevant tercets printed in red, gold and black on a sheet of cloudy parchment paper. The text is that of the ancient Vulgate edited by Petrocchi. No. XXIV of 90 copies not for sale. Total print run: 990 copies. Engravings reproduced on special Rosaspina paper from Cartiere Miliani in Fabriano. The artists include: Renzo Vespignani, Domenico Purificato, Remo Brindisi, Remo Wolf, Walter Piacesi, Franco Mulas and Pietro Annigoni. The front cover of each volume features a signed bronze by Manzù. [ADDED:] ALIGHIERI, Dante. The Divine Comedy illustrated by Sandro Botticelli. [Rome], Canesi, [1965]. In oblong folio (320 x 428 mm). xxxix 289 [2] pp. Binding in hazelnut morocco, reproduction of an illustration in black on beige cloth on the front cover, slipcase with gilt titles on the spine (traces of use). Beautiful edition with the text arranged in three columns and reproductions of all the famous illustrations by Botticelli.

(4 volumes, including three large ones in a single case)

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