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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 186

DANTE ALIGHIERI
Il Dante con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi, novamente revisto, & stampato, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1547

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DANTE ALIGHIERI

Il Dante con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi, novamente revisto, & stampato, Roman and italic type, title-page with woodcut medallion portrait of Dante (early ownership signature struck through and printed border of portrait gone over in ink), publisher's woodcut device on verso of final leaf, light dampstaining in upper margins, contemporary Italian dark brown morocco gilt, sides with 2-line fillet border broken at the sides with small cusps, enclosing a central cartouche of floral sprays with initials "L" (originally "C") on upper, and "S" on lower cover, leafy fleuron tool in inner corners, spine with small spray in 4 compartments and raised bands, gilt gauffered edges, extremities of spine restored, preserved in morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman lined with velvet [Adams D96; Cartier, de Tournes 79], 12mo, Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1547

Footnotes

The first official printing of the Commedia in France, after the Aldine counterfeit of 1502/3, with notes derived from the commentary of Cristoforo Landino.

Provenance: B. Cecilia Seton, ?early nineteenth century inscription on title; with Patrick King Ltd., attributing the binding to Maestro Luigi.

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