Cambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
: WKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS
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°
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id00201623
Holding InstitutionCambridge MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library (US)
ShelfmarkWKR 10.2.4 IN PROCESS
NoteRecord created by Noah Sheola; revised by by Camilla Marangoni for the Polonsky project "Dante 1481"; further revised by John Lancaster. Review of the volume pending.
Physical DescriptionIn this copy leaf oo6v has reading “per sua instituta misericordia”; Landino’s prologue to the Paradiso is set up in 48 lines, the last beginning “ita: ne da tempo.” With engravings for the first two cantos of the Inferno only (Category A of Hind's classification system). Blank leaves not present.
Size of leaves417 × 275 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Variant
Support material (book)Paper
SourceWalsh 2854
Provenance
1481 -
1600
Areae-it
Time period1481 - 1600
Provenance TypeDecoration
Decoration NoteTwo engravings for Cantos I and II. Wash drawings have been added in the spaces preceding cantos 3, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, and 33 of the Inferno and canto 1 in each of the Purgatorio and Paradiso; these drawings do not correspond to the originals as described by A.M. Hind, Catalogue of early Italian engravings preserved in the ... British Museum (London, 1910) p. 87-93. Inserted at front is an illuminated water-color title page with a medallion portrait of Dante at head; mounted on verso is an ink and wash drawing (385 x 265 mm; School of Zuccari, late 16th-century) depicting Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Initials added in water-color at the beginning of each of the three parts of the poem.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
RubricationYes
Pen initialsYes
Rubrication noteSmaller initials added in red.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Library catalogue
Documentary source
Provenance
1735 -
1789
Areae-it
Time period1735 - 1789
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteBibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti 1787, IV, n.1913; his sale Bibliotheca Pinelliana 1789, n. 2608, p. 100; Bibliotheca Pinelliana. Appendix 1790; De Batines 1845, I, p.44; Brunet 1861, II, 499; Procaccioli 2001, p. 146, n. 21 (n.i.)
provenance
1823 -
1869
placenameMerthyr Mawr (Geonames ID: 3345291)
areae-uk
timeperiod1823 - 1869
provenanceType1
noteHis sale (1869) lot 380: 'fine copy with 2 of the rare engravings by Baccio Baldini and 17 drawings in facsimile of the rest. Fine copy in blue morocco, joints, g.e. [...] Apparently the same copy as described in the Pinelli Catalogue, which sold for £18 18s.' [ex inf. John McQuillen]
provenance
1870 -
1936
placenameEngland (Geonames ID: 6269131)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1870 - 1936
provenanceType1
1
noteBookplate of Charles Carmichael Lacaita (no. 68 in the Sotheby sale catalogue of his library, 20 July 1936)
bindingNote19th-century dark blue straight-grain morocco, edges gilt; pink silk doublures and lining-leaves.
bindingDatew
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatusb
titling
toolingb
edgesa
writingOnEdgesd
gaufferedd
certaintya
psourcea
c
e
provenance
1936 -
1951
placenameBoston (Geonames ID: 4930956)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1936 - 1951
provenanceType1
noteBookplate of William King Richardson. Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
methodofacqa
price140 pounds sterling Clipped description from the Sotheby catalogue of the Lacaita sale, with Richardson's ms. annotation "Sotheby £140".
certaintya
psourcea
c
provenance
1951 -
placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 4931972)
arean-us-ma
timeperiod1951 -
provenanceType1
note1951—Bequest of William King Richardson.
methodofacqc
certaintya
psourcec
otherInformation
completeness1
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