Dante Alighieri:
La Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formatf°
Notes20 copper engravings are known, attributed to Baccio Baldini from designs by Sandro Botticelli, to accompany the first 19 Cantos of the Inferno (A.M. Hind, Early Italian engraving I (London, 1938) pp. 99-116). For extensive notes on engravings in the US copies see Goff
For notes on variants and characteristics of individual copies, see C. Landino, Comento sopra la Comedia, a cura di Paolo Procaccioli (Roma, 2001), t.1 pp.127-73
Language of itemita
Reference worksGoff D29; HC 5946*; Sander 2311; Sotheby's (London), 25 May 1995, 11; Pell 4114 & 4114A; CIBN D-13; Aquilon 250; Buffévent 169; Castan(Besançon) 376; Polain(B) 1223; SI 1292; IDL 1464; IBE 282; IGI 360; IBP 1835; IJL2 145; Coll(U) 469; Coll(S) 1210; Madsen 1332; Günt(L) 1066; Voull(B) 2883; Deckert(Nachtr) 4; Hubay(Augsburg) 669; Walsh 2851, 2852, 2853, 2854; Oates 2334; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 651; Bod-inc D-012; Sheppard 5061; Pr 6120; BMC VI 628; BSB-Ink D-9; GW 7966
Related resourcesMicrofiche: Primary Source Microfilm (an imprint of Cengage Learning), 2005. Incunabula: the Printing Revolution in Europe 1455-1500. Unit 71 - Printing in Florence Part I, FL 37
Holdings
AustriaWien, Bibliothek der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 7.B.3: GW 7966 Anm.)
BelgiumBrussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (C 207 fragment, F.S.XI.2)
Liège, Bibliothèque de l'Université
BelarusMinsk, National Library of Belarus
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (8, 1 vellum, 1 engravings only; cf. CIBN)
Paris, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (imperfect)
Paris Musée des lettres et manuscrits (coll. privée)
Paris Musée du Louvre (Rothschild)
Paris, Musée du Petit Palais
Paris, Bibliothèque de Sainte-Geneviève
Besançon, Bibliothèque Municipale
Carpentras, Bibliothèque Municipale
Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale
GermanyAugsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek (imperfect)
Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
Dresden, Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek
Hamburg, Bibliothek der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg
Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek (imperfect)
Leipzig, Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (now Moscow)
Mainz, Gutenberg-Museum (2 leaves only, GM-Ink.655a+b)
München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (2, 1 fragment (1 leaf)
Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek
ItalyArezzo, Biblioteca Città di Arezzo
Bologna, Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria
Castiglione del Terziere, Biblioteca del Castello (imperfect)
Figline Valdarno, Biblioteca dell’Istituto Marsilio Ficino (imperfect)
Firenze Acc Belle Arti
Firenze, Biblioteca dell'Accademia della Crusca (INC. 14)
Firenze, Biblioteca Marucelliana
Firenze Horne (fragment)
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (5: Magl. A.-.6, Banco Rari 11, Banco Rari 12, Banco Rari 341 vellum, Magl. M.-.6 imperfect, wanting quires [**6], a10, b8, f. c1 and engravings)
Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana (2, 1 imperfect 18 engr)
(2)
(imperfect)
Genova Franzon (copy destroyed in the Second World War)
(INC IV, 8 imperfect)
(2, 1 imperfect)
(2)
(2)
(stolen in the 1950s)
(imperfect)
Parma, Biblioteca Palatina
Pavia, Biblioteca Civica "Carlo Bonetta"
Pisa, Biblioteca Universitaria
Poppi, Biblioteca Comunale Rilli - Vettori (2, 1 imperfect)
Ravenna, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense
Ravenna, Francescani, Biblioteca del Centro dantesco OFM
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica (Inc. 447 imperfect, 2 engr )
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense (Vol. Inc. 926)
Roma, Casa di Dante
Roma, Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana (51.G.3-4)
Roma, Fondazione Marco Besso
Roma, Biblioteca Vallicelliana (Z 79/1)
Sassari, Biblioteca Comunale
Siena, Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati (2)
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria
Treviso, Biblioteca Comunale di Borgo Cavour
Venezia, Liceo Foscarini
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (imperfect, 18 engr)
Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare
JapanKyoto Sangyo University Library
Tokyo, Meiji University Central Library (a,b,c)
Tokyo UL (imperfect)
LatviaRiga, National Library of Latvia
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (copy sold)
Den Haag, Huis van het Boek (004 A 007)
PolandWrocław, Ossolineum
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (3, 1 Leipzig DB/Buch copy, 1 Dresden copy)
St Petersburg, National Library of Russia
SpainBarcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya
Santiago de Compostela, Biblioteca Universitaria
SwedenStockholm, Kungliga Bibliotheket
Uppsala, Universitetsbibliotek (imperfect)
SwitzerlandGenève, Fondation Martin Bodmer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCambridge, University Library
Cambridge, King's College Library
Cambridge, Trinity College (2)
Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Devonshire Collections, Library
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland (Inc.210)
Glasgow, Public Library, Mitchell Library
London, British Museum, Department of Prints & Drawings (engravings only)
London, Sir John Soane's Museum
London, University College
Manchester, University of Manchester, John Rylands Research Institute and Library (17280)
Oxford, Bodleian Library
Oxford, Keble College
London, British Library (C.7.e.7 = IC.27095a) (Contains only plate 2)
London, British Library (G.10874 = IC.27095b)
London, British Library (IC.27094)
London, British Library (IC.27095) (Contains only 3 impressions of the first 2 plates and is not in BMC)
London, British Library (IC.27096) (Contains 9 impressions of 8 plates (C.M. Cracherode's copy))
United States of AmericaBrunswick ME, Bowdoin College, Bowdoin College Library (-)
Boston MA, Public Library (Q.401.20)
Providence RI, Brown University, John Hay Library
San Juan PR, La Casa del Libro
Williamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Ithaca NY, Cornell University, Carl A. Kroch Library (4 engr. fac.)
Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (5)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library
Claremont CA, Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Bodman Collection (-)
Bloomington IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library
Boston MA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Kalamazoo MI, Kalamazoo College, A.M. Todd Rare Book Room (-)
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division
Washington DC, Library of Congress, Rare Book Division, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection
Los Angeles CA, Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library (2 engr. + 19 in fac.)
Oakland CA, Mills College at Northeastern University, F. W. Olin Library
Mt. Holyoke College
Chicago IL, The Newberry Library
New York NY, Public Library, Rare Book Division (-)
New York NY, New York Public Library, Spencer Collection
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum
Princeton Univ., Firestone Library
Stanford CA, Stanford University, Green Library (2 engr.)
Urbana-Champaign IL, University of Illinois, University Library
Notre Dame IN, University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Libraries
Baltimore MD, The Walters Art Museum Library (2)
Wellesley MA, Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library
Middletown CT, Wesleyan University, Olin Library
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Vatican CityCittà del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (4: Inc.II.264, Stamp.Ross.1491, Stamp.Chig.S.111, Inc.S.153)
Number of holding institutions134
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