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 THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY^ 
 MANCHESTER! : Catalogue of an 
 
 EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF DANTE 
 
 ALIGHIERI, SHOWN in the main 
 
 LIBRARY FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER, MCMIX 
 
 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNORS: SOLD 
 AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 34 CROSS STREET, 
 MANCHESTER, AND BY MESSRS. SHERRATT & 
 HUGHES, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.C. MCMIX 
 
Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom, 
 With thoughtful face, and sad, majestic eyes, 
 Stern thoughts and awful from thy soul arise, 
 
 Like Farinata from his fiery tomb. 
 
 Thy sacred song is like the trump of doom ; 
 Yet in thy heart what human sympathies. 
 What soft compassion glows, as in the skies 
 
 The tender stars their clouded lamps relume! 
 
 Methinks I see thee stand, with pallid cheeks, 
 
 By Fra Hilario in his diocese. 
 As up the convent-walls, in golden streaks, 
 
 The ascending sunbeams mark the day's decrease; 
 And, as he asks what there the stranger seeks 
 
 Thy voice along the cloister whispers, " Peace I " 
 
 — H. W. Longfellow. 
 
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 PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 'T~'HE exhibition of the works of Dante Alighieri, of which 
 * a descriptive catalogue will be found on pages 1-44, 
 has been arranged, prim£uily, in connection with the visit to 
 the library of the members of the Manchester Dante Society, 
 many of whom may be still unaware of the wealth of material 
 which is available to them here, for the study of the poet in 
 whose honour the society was founded. 
 
 The purpose for which exhibitions of this chciracter are 
 undertaken from time to time, is to reveal to students, and 
 to the public generally, something of the riches of the col- 
 lections which have made the library famous in the world 
 of letters, and which, at the same time, have helped to make 
 Manchester a centre of attraction to scholars from all parts of 
 the world. 
 
 It is hoped, therefore, that the present exhibition may be of 
 service, not merely to those in whose interest it was ostensibly 
 arranged, but also to a much wider circle of students of litera- 
 ture in general. To that end, it will remain on view until the 
 month of October. 
 
 It is impossible within the limits of a short prefatory note 
 to convey anything like an adequate idea of the range of the 
 collection from which the exhibits are selected, but it seems 
 desirable to indicate, in a few words, something of its scope 
 and character. 
 
 The library contciins five manuscripts and nearly 6,000 
 printed volumes and pamphlets relating to Dante. The 
 
 1438115 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 nucleus of this collection, including the rarest and the most 
 important of the early editions, formed part of the Althorp 
 Library, which was purchased by Mrs. Rylands in 1892, 
 from Earl Spencer. These have been added to from time to 
 time, by the purchase of other groups of copies, together with 
 a considerable collection of the modern literature of the subject. 
 One of the most recent purchases was the dated manuscript of 
 the " Divina Commedia " which is shown in the first case. 
 
 Of the five manuscripts the three most important are ex- 
 hibited. The first is a copy of the " Canzoni" written in the 
 latter part of the fourteenth century for Lorenzo degli Strozzi. 
 It is ornamented with large initial letters and illuminated borders, 
 containing portraits of Dante and of his inamorata. The 
 second is a copy of the " Divina Commedia " containing a 
 number of variants from the common text, made by B. Landi 
 de Landis, of Prato, of whom nothing is known. The third 
 is a sixteenth-century copy of the " Divina Commedia," 
 with the ' ' Credo " and other poems at the end, which at one 
 time was in the possession of Cavaliere S. Kirkup. 
 
 Of the printed editions the three earliest folios of the 
 '* Divina Commedia " are exhibited, printed in the same year 
 (1472) at Foligno, Mantua, and Jesi respectively. The only 
 serious gap in the collection is the fourth folio, undated, but 
 which issued from the press of Francesco del Tuppo at Naples 
 between the years 1473 and 1475. Of this edition not more 
 than three or four copies cire known to have survived, three of 
 which are already locked up in national or public libraries. 
 With this exception, the entire range of the ecirly and principal 
 critical editions of the text of Dante's great poem is represented. 
 Of the first illustrated edition of the " Divina Commedia," 
 which has also the distinction of being the only one printed in 
 Florence during the fifteenth century, one of the two copies 
 exhibited is believed to be the only copy contciining twenty 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 of the engravings, ssdd to have been executed by Baccio 
 Baldini. 
 
 The entries in the catalogue are fully annotated, so that 
 further reference to the interesting features and peculiarities of 
 many of the editions show^n seems to be unnecessary. 
 
 The descriptions as printed, are, as far as they are given, 
 ccirefully exact transcripts of the opening lines, colophons, or 
 title-pages of the respective volumes. The upright bars are 
 intended to indicate the actual cirrangement of the lines in the 
 originals. 
 
 Prefixed to the catalogue will be found a hurriedly pre- 
 pared diary of the principal events connected with the life and 
 writings of Dante, whilst in an appendix will be found a list 
 of a selection of works on the study of Dante, which may be 
 consulted in the John Rylands Library. 
 
 It remains only for me to say that I am indebted to my 
 colleagues, Mr. Guthrie Vine, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Nuttall 
 for much help in the arrangement of the exhibition and in 
 the preparation of the catalogue. But for their ready help it 
 could scarcely have been accomplished. 
 
 HENRY GUPPY. 
 
 The John Rylands Library, 
 13th March, 1909. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Prefatory Note 
 
 Diary of the Principal Events connected with the Lite and Writings 
 
 of Dante --xi 
 
 Case 1 1 
 
 2 5 
 
 3 10 
 
 4 14 
 
 5 21 
 
 6 27 
 
 7 29 
 
 8 33 
 
 9 - - - 37 
 
 10 42 
 
 Selection of the Works on the Study of Dante in the John Rylands 
 
 Library 45 
 
 List of Trustees, Governors, etc. --51 
 
 Rules and Regulations 53 
 
A DIARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS CONNECTED 
 WITH THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DANTE 
 ALIGHIERI. 
 
 1 265. Birth of Dante. 
 
 1 266. Birth of Beatrice. 
 
 1274. Dante's first sight of Beatrice. 
 
 1 283- First salutation from Beatrice, after which Dante writes his 
 
 first sonnet. 
 1283-91. Writes the "Vita nuova". 
 1 290. Death of Beatrice. 
 
 1 296 (not later than). Marriage to Gemma Donati. 
 1 300. Dante elected one of the priors of Florence. 
 1302. Dante exiled. 
 1307-09. Composes the " Convito ". 
 1 3 1 4-2 1 . Writes the " Divina Commedia ". 
 1 32 1 . Death of Dante at Ravenna. 
 1321-33. Jacopo della Lana writes his commentary on the 
 
 " Divina Commedia ". 
 c. 1 363. Boccaccio writes his life of Dante. 
 1374. Benvenuto Rambaldi d'Imola commences his commentary 
 
 on the "Divina Commedia* in the form of lectures at 
 
 Ravenna. 
 1 472. The first printed editions of the " Divina Commedia " issued 
 
 at Foligno, Jesi, and Mantua. 
 1481. The first illustrated edition of the "Divina Commedia" 
 
 printed at Florence, with the commentary of Christoforo 
 
 Landino completed in the previous year. 
 1490. The first printed edition of the "Convito," issued at 
 
 Florence. 
 
A DIARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. 
 
 1 508. First edition of the " Quaestio de aqua et terra," printed 
 
 at Venice. 
 1518. First edition of the "Canzoni". 
 1529. First edition of Trissino's Italian version of the treatise, 
 
 " De vulgari eloquentia ". 
 1559. First pubhcation of the treatise " De Monarchia " in the 
 
 work of Alciati " De formula Romani imperii libellus ". 
 
 1576. First edition of the "Vita nuova" published at Florence. 
 
 1577. First Latin edition of the " De vulgari eloquentia". 
 
CASE 1. 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Canzoni]. Manuscript, 14th 
 
 CENT. 
 
 Dante Alighieri [Canzoni]. 
 
 On vellum. 14th cent. 8vo. 
 
 The colophon reads : " Beatissimi spetiosiq3 hui' volumis 
 adepto fie. | laus sit et gl'a deo. qui Lauretio karoli 
 de strozis | qui ip3 fieri fecit, pauloqj scriptori eiusde. 
 fe I licej tribuat uitaj per tpa longiora. Amen : — j 
 
 The first half of this manuscript is occupied with the 
 poems of Petrarch, written by the same hand as the 
 Canzoni of Dante. It was executed either during 
 the lifetime of Petrarch, or immediately after his 
 death. 
 
 Ornamented with large initial letters and three illuminated 
 borders, containing portraits of the poets and their 
 inamorate, with the arms of the Strozzi emblazoned 
 at the foot of the first two borders. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [DiviN A CoMMEDiA]. Manu- 
 script. 1416. 
 
 Dante Alighieri [Divina Commedia]. 
 On paper. 1416. 4to. 
 
 A manuscript of the Divina Commedia containing a 
 
 number of variants from the common text. It has 
 
 not yet been studied by any editors of Dante. 
 
 The colophon reads : " Explicit Tertia et ultima Comedia 
 
 Dantis allegherij ] Florentini Poete Excellentissimi : 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 — I Scripta fuit p me bartoIomeu5 landi de landis j 
 de prato notm Et conpletu fuit die xxviiij | Junij Ano 
 Mccccxvj Indictioq^ viiij : — | 
 Of the transcriber of the manuscript nothing is known. 
 There are a number of comments in the margin 
 written in a smaller hand, but probably by B. Landi 
 de Landis. The end of the volume is filled with a 
 number of passages transcribed, or translated, from 
 various classical writers. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Manu- 
 
 script, 16th cent. 
 
 Dante Alighieri [Divina Commedia]. 
 On paper. i6th cent. 4to. 
 
 A meinuscript written in double columns. With the Credo 
 cind other poems at the end. At one time in the 
 possession of Cavaliere S. Kirkup. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Foligno], 
 
 1472. 
 
 [Begin ;] Comincia La Comedia Dl | dante alleghieri di 
 fiorenze nella qle tracta | delle pene et punitioni de 
 uitii et demeriti { et premii delle uirtu . • . | Etc. 
 [Colophon :] 
 
 Nel mille quatro cento septe et due | 
 nel quarto mese adi cinque et sei | 
 questa opera gentile impressa fue | 
 lo maestro lohanni Numeister opera dei | 
 alia decta impressione et meco fue | 
 Elfulginato Euangelista mei :. | 
 
 [Foligno :] J. Numeister, 1472, Fol. 
 
 There is some doubt as to the priority in the publication 
 
 of the three editions of the " Divina Commedia " 
 
 printed in 1472 at FoHgno, Mantua, and Jesi, re- 
 
CASE 1. 
 
 spectively, but this edition, printed at Foligno, is 
 now generally regarded by bibliographers as the 
 earhest. 
 
 The difficulty arose from the different methods of computing 
 the year, which were in vogue in various Italian cities 
 during the fifteenth century. The question is : which 
 was the quarto mese? At Rome, Milan, and else- 
 where the year began at Christmas, while at Venice 
 the first of the year corresponded with the first of 
 March. Certain authorities believe that at Foligno 
 the beginning of the year was reckoned from the 25 th 
 of December. In which case the publication of the 
 Foligno edition may be placed in the month of 
 April. 
 
 That there were at least two impressions of this edition is 
 revealed by Sir A. Panizzi in Lord Vernon's " Le 
 prime quattro edizioni della Divina Commedia," 1 858, 
 where reproductions are given, of the first page of 
 the two copies in the British Museum, described as 
 the " Grenville copy " and the " George iii. copy ". 
 A comparison of the two copies shows a number of 
 variants. The present copy follows the " Grenville 
 copy " readings and belongs without question to the 
 first impression. 
 
 The opening lines of the poem show a variant. The 
 " Grenville copy " and the ** John Rylands copy " 
 read : 
 " [N] El mezo declamin dinra uita mi trouai puna selua 
 oscura — che la diricta uia era smarrita." 
 
 The George iii. copy reads : 
 
 " [N] El mezo declamin dinra uita mi ritrouai p una 
 selua oscura che la diricta uia era smarrita." 
 
 Two passages : Paradiso XX, 49-54 and XXI, 46-48 are 
 omitted in this edition. The same passages are 
 omitted in the Naples edition of 1473 or 1474. 
 
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 5. DANTE ALIGHIERIp VINA CoMMEDiA]. [Jesi].1472. 
 
 [Begin :] [N]el mezo del camin di nostra uita | Etc. 
 [Colophon:] Explicit. Liber. Dantis. Im- | pressvs. A 
 Magistro. Fede | rico. Veronensi. M.CCCC. | LXXII. 
 Qvintodecimo. A= | lendas. Avgvsti. | 
 
 [Jesi :] Federicus Veronensis, 1472, 4to. 
 *^* An edition of great rarity, but presenting a very in- 
 accurate text. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Mantua, 
 
 1472. 
 
 [Begin : Prefatory letter in verse.] Capitulo di columbino 
 Veronese al No- | bile e prestatissimo huomo philippo 
 Nu- I uoloni. I [Fol. 2 recto:] Dantis Aligerii Poetae | 
 Florentini Inferni Ca- | pitvlvm Primvm Incipit. | 
 [Colophon :] MCCCCLxxII. | Magister georgius & 
 magister paulus teu- | tonici hoe opus mantuae im- 
 presserunt ad | iuuante Columbino ueronensi. | 
 
 Mantuce : Georgius & Paulus Teutonici, 1472, Fol. 
 *^* There is a miniature at the commencement of each 
 part of the Divina Commedia, that to the Inferno 
 being a portrait of Dante. At the foot of the same 
 page is also another miniature. 
 The illuminated portrait referred to is identical with the 
 engraved one found on the title-page of the Venetian 
 edition of 1 564 which is known as the edition " al 
 gran naso ". They are doubtless both copies of a 
 common original. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. London, 
 
 1858. 
 
 Le Prime | Quattro Edizioni Delia | Divina Commedia | 
 Letteralmente Ristampate | PerCuraDi | Q.G.Warren 
 Lord Vernon. | 
 
 Londra \ Presso ToTnmaso E. Guglielmo Boone | 
 MDCCCLVIII I Fol. 
 
CASE 2. 
 
 *^* Edited by Sir A. Panizzi. With facsimiles. The 
 four editions are those of Foligno, 1472, Jesi, 1472, 
 Mantua, 1472, and Naples, c. 1475. The four 
 texts are printed in the four quarters of each page. 
 
 This edition is shown, as the Library is unable to exhibit 
 the Naples edition. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Naples, 
 
 1477. 
 
 [Begin .] Incominciano Le Cantiche | Dela Comedia Di 
 Dante Al | leghieri Firentino. Canti | ca Prima Delo 
 Inferno. | [Colophon ;] Finisse la tertia & ultima Com- 
 edia di I Paradise, delo excellentissimo poeta | laureato 
 Dante : alleghieri di firenze. | Impress© nela magnifica 
 cipta di Na { poli : cu ogni diligentia & fede. Sotto | 
 lo inuictissimo Re Ferdinando inclito | Re de Sicilia. 
 &ct. Adi XII. dil mesa | di Aprile, M.CCCC.LXXVII. | 
 Lavs Deo | 
 
 Napoli, 1477, Fol. 
 
 *^* A very rare edition. The type employed in it 
 
 strongly resembles that used for a few books by 
 
 Ayolfus de Cantono at Naples about fifteen years 
 
 later. 
 
 CASE 2. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Venice], 
 
 1477. 
 
 [Begin :] Qui comicia la vita e costumi dello excellete | Poeta 
 vulgari Dante alighieri di Firenze | honore e gloria 
 delidioma Fiorentino. Scri | pto e composto per lo 
 famosissimo homo | missier giouani Bocchacio da cer- 
 taldo. . • . I Etc. Sig. a2 [fol. 17, recto :] [Rjubriche di 
 Dante. Et prima inla | prima parte dello inferno. In 
 
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 CO- I mincia la coinedia di Dante alii- | ghieri difirenze 
 Nellaquale tracta di pene | et punimenti de vitii t de- 
 menti tp remii | delle virtudi. | Sig. [PP7 verso, col. 2 :] 
 Paradisus tertia t ultia ps comedie da | tis allegierii 
 eximii poete vulgaris feliciter | explicit. | Sig. [PP8 
 recto .] Questo capitolo fece messer Busone da | gobbio 
 il quale parla sopra tutta la Com | media di dante al- 
 leghieri di firenze | 
 [Colophon :] 
 
 Finita e lopra delinclito t diuo | 
 
 dante alleghieri Fiorentin poeta | 
 lacui anima sancta alberga lieta | 
 nel ciel seren oue sempre il fia uiuo | 
 Dimola benuenuto mai fia priuo | 
 
 Deterna fama che sua mansueta | 
 lyra opero comentando il poeta | 
 per cui il texto a noi e itellectiuo | 
 Christofal Berardi pisaurense detti | 
 opera e facto indegno correctore ] 
 per quanto intese di quella i subietti | 
 De spiera vendelin fu il stampatore | 
 
 del mille quattrocento e settantasetti | 
 correuan glianni del nostro signore | 
 
 Finis I 
 [Venice :] Vindelinus de Spira, 1477, Fol. 
 *^* This is the first appearance of Boccacio's "Vita di 
 
 Dante ". 
 The commentary attributed in the colophon to Benvenuto 
 da Imola is now regarded by scholars as the work 
 of Jacopo della Lana. 
 According to Scartazzini the comments ascribed to Jacopo 
 della Lana, " The Anonymous Florentine " and the 
 " Ottimo comento," are in reality but one commentary, 
 which was copied by later commentators, with the 
 addition of little fresh matter. 
 The epithet " Divina " as applied to the " commedia " does 
 
CASE 2. 
 
 not occur in any of the early editions. The first 
 edition to appear as " La divina commedia " was 
 that issued at Venice in 1 555. In the colophon given 
 above one finds the expression " inclito et divo dante 
 alleghieri Fiorentin poeta, ' whilst later editions speak 
 of the " divino poeta Fiorentino," long before they 
 begin to apply the epithet "divina" to the poem 
 itself. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Milan. 
 
 1477-78. 
 
 [Begin ;] Divo Gvilielmo Marchioni Montisferrati : Militiae 
 Svpre I mo Dvci : Sacri Romani Imperii Principi Vicari- 
 oqve Per | petvo. Martinvspavivs Nidobeatvs Novari- 
 ensis. P. F. D. | [Fol. 2. recto .] Al Nome Di Dio. 
 Apparato | Sopra La Comedia Di Dan | ti Aldigferi 
 Excelso Poeta | Fiorentino. | [Fol. 6. recto .] AInome 
 Di Dio. Comincia La | Comedia Di Dante Aldighie | 
 ri Excelso Poeta Firentino | Cantica Prima Appellata | 
 Inferno. Canto Primo Nel | Qvale Si Prohemiza Atvt | 
 ta Lopra [ [Colophon, pt. i :] Finita al noma di dio la 
 prima cantica del glorioso poeta firentino Danti aldi- 
 geri la quale | e chiamata inferno e contiene capitoli. 
 xxxiiii. adi. xxvii. septembre. Mcccclxxvii. in la citta 
 in I civta di milano. ] [Colophon, pt. 2 :] Finita ainome 
 didio la seconda cantica dela comedia di Danti aldi- 
 geri excelso poeta Firentino ] appellata Purgatorio la 
 quale contiene capitoli .xxxiii. adi .xxii. nouembre. 
 Mcccclxxvii. in | la citta inclita di Melano Deo Laudes. | 
 [Colophon, pt. 3, fol. 93 verso ;] Diva. Bo. Ma. cum 
 duici nato. lo. Gz. ducibus feliciss. ligurie ualida pace | 
 regnantibus. operi egregio manum supremam. Lvd. & 
 Alber. pedemontani amico loue | imposuerunt. Medio- 
 lani urbe illustri. Anno gratie. MCCCCLXXVIII. V. 
 Id. F. I .Mp. N. N. Cvm. Gv. T. Fa. Cv. | [Pt. 3, fol. 94 
 
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 recto .] Se Qvesto Volvme Di Dante Fosse Tvtto Disperse 
 Et Dissi I pato Potrassi Per la Presente Tavola Racco- 
 gliere Et Or | dinare ... | ... | ... | [End., fol. 94 
 recto :] Deo Lavs | 
 
 Mediolani : Ludovicus & Albertus Pedeniontani, 
 1477-78. Fol. 
 
 *^* The rulers of Milan referred to in the colophon of pt. 
 
 3 were the youthful Duke Giovanni Galeazzo Maria 
 
 Sforza and his mother Bona Sforza who acted as 
 
 regent. 
 The initials at the end of the colophon stand for " MartinuS- 
 
 paulus Nidobeatus Novariensis cum Guidone Terzago 
 
 faciendum curaverunt ". 
 The text of this edition has always been highly esteemed. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Venice], 
 
 1478. 
 
 [Begin :^ Dantis Aligerii Poetae Flo | rentini Inferni Capi- 
 tvlvm 1 Primvm Incipit | [Colophon :] Opus impressnm 
 arte & diligetia ma | gfistri philippi ueneti. Anno 
 domini | Mcccclxxviii | Inclyto ueueciarum prTcipe an- 
 drea | Vendramino | 
 
 [Venice :] Philippus Venetus, 1478. Fol. 
 
 * * 
 * 
 
 A very rare edition. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Flor- 
 ence, 1481. 
 
 [Begin :] Comento Di Christophoro Landino Fiorenti | no 
 Sopra La Comedia Di Danthe AH ] ghieri Poeta Fioren- 
 tino. I Sig. [a. ii recto :] Canto Primo Delia Prima 
 Cantica O Vero | Comedia Del Divino Poeta Fiorentino | 
 Danthe Ale^hieri : Capitolo Primo : | [Colophon :] Fine 
 Del Comento Di Christo- | phoro Landino Fioren | tino 
 Sopra La Comedia Di Dan \ the Poeta* Excellentis | 
 
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CASE 2. 
 
 simo. Et Impresso In Firenze | Per Nicholo Di Lorenzo 
 Delia Magna A Di .XXX. Da \ gosto. M.CCCC.LXXXI. j 
 
 Firenze : Nicholo di Lorenzo, 1481. Fol. 
 
 *^* The first Florentine edition, and the only one printed 
 in the fifteenth century in that city. This edition is 
 celebrated for the copper engravings accompanying 
 it. These are probably adaptations of a series of 
 drawings by Botticelli preserved in the Berlin Mus- 
 eums, w^hither they passed in 1 882 on the sale of the 
 Duke of Hamilton's collection, and in the Vatican. 
 Although Botticelli was known to have executed 
 designs for the Divina Commedia, these drawings 
 were not recognised as his work until they were 
 acquired by the Berlin Museums, The comparison, 
 which was thus rendered possible between the de- 
 signs of Botticelli and the engravings of the Floren- 
 tine edition, showed that the latter were not direct 
 copies of the drawings, as formerly supposed, but 
 rather free versions of them. The conmion identifica- 
 tion of the engraver with Baccio Baldini, a Floren- 
 tine who, according to Vasari's statement, habitually 
 worked after the designs of Botticelli, can only be 
 regarded as conjectural. 
 
 This copy is believed to be the only one containing as 
 many as 20 illustrations, being one more than any 
 other copy possesses. This particular engraving is 
 found on Sig. c. ii. in the middle of canto 3, at 
 which the volume is opened. 
 
 In this copy all the plates with the exception of the one 
 prefixed to the second canto have been printed separ- 
 ately, 
 
 A number of small omissions occur in the text of this 
 edition. 
 
 This is the first appearance of Landino's commentary. 
 
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 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI[DivinaCommedia]. Florence, 
 
 1481. 
 
 [Another copy.] 
 
 *^* The two illustrations which this copy contains are both 
 printed with the text. 
 
 CASE 3. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1484. 
 
 [Begin:] Proemio | Comentodi christophoroLandinofioren- 
 tino sopra la comedia di Danthe alighieri poeta fioren- 
 tino. I Sig. b [recto :] Inferno | Canto Primo Dela Prima 
 Cantica Overo Comedia Del | Divino Poeta Fiorentino 
 Dante Aleghieri Capitolo. I | [Sig. K v verso. Colophon ;] 
 Fine del comento di Christoforo Landino Fiorentino 
 sopra la Comedia di Danthe poeta excellentissimo. | Et 
 impresso in Vinegia per Octauiano Scoto da Monza. 
 Adi .xxiii. di Marzo .M.cccc.Lxxxiiii. | [Sig. K vi recto ;] 
 Registro | [At foot: Printer's device.] 
 
 Vinegia : Octaviano Scoto, 1484. FoL 
 *^* Most of the passages omitted from the text in the 1 481 
 edition are also wanting in this one. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Brescia, 
 
 1487. 
 
 [Begin ;] Regisro Di Dante ( Sig. a it [recto ;] . . . | 
 
 Canto Primo Delia Prima Cantica O Vero Comedia Del 
 bivino I Poeta Fiorentino Danthe Aleghieri : Capitolo 
 Primo. I [Colophon:] Fine Del Comento Di Christophoro 
 Lan I dino Fiorentino Sopra La Comedia { Di Danthe 
 Poeta Excellentissi | mo. Et Impresso In Bressa Per | 
 Boninvm De Boninis Di Ra I gvxi A Di Vltimo Di I 
 
CASE 3. 
 
 Mazo .M.CCCC.LXXXVII. | [Printer's device at left of 
 colophon.] 
 
 Brescia : Boninvus de Boninis, 1487. Fol. 
 
 *** With 68 full-page woodcuts. These are coarsely 
 executed by a man who does not seem to have been 
 familiar with the text of Dante. Each canto of the 
 Inferno and Purgatorio is preceded by an illustration ; 
 but in the Paradiso only the first canto has one. As 
 far as Inferno XIX. they appear to have been based 
 on the engravings in the Florentine edition of 1481. 
 In their turn they seem to have been studied by the 
 more skilful cutists who designed the woodcuts for the 
 two Venetian editions of 1 49 1 . 
 
 At this period the customary way of representing travellers 
 on a journey was to show them in several different 
 positions in the same picture. 
 
 Examples of this convention appear constantly throughout 
 this series of illustrations. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 1491 (March). 
 
 [Begin :] Proemio | Comento di Christophoro Landino Fior- 
 entino Sopra | La Comedia Di Danthe Alighieri Poeta 
 Fiorentino. | Fol. II [recto .] | . . . | Canto Primo Delia 
 Prima Cantica Overo Comedia Del Divino | Poeta 
 Fiorentino Danthe Aleghieri : Capitolo Primo. | FoL 
 CCLXXXXI [verso. Colophon :] Finita e lopa deliclyto & 
 diuo dathe alleghieri poeta fioretio reuista & emedata 
 dilegetemete p el rueredo ] maestro Piero da figio . . ► 
 & ha posto molte co | se i diuersi luoghi che ha trouato 
 macare i tutti edati liqli sono stati stapadi excepto qsti 
 Impressi i uenesia p | Bernardino benali & Matthio da 
 parma & ha achora posto di fora I li margini tutte le 
 historic notade & li | nomi pprii che si trouano i ditta 
 opera fornita de stapar del .MCCCCLXXXI. adi .iil. 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 marzo como ne | dicti danthi si potra uedere si i lo 
 testo como nela iosa & qsto p neg^ligetia «Sc diffecto di 
 correctori passati. | Registro de questa opera . . . | . . . 
 I . . . I [Col. I :] Qui incomincia il credo di Danthe. | 
 [Fol. CCLXXXXII recto, col. 3, line 2 :] Pater nostro di 
 Danthe. | [Col. 3, line 33:] Aue maria di Danthe. | 
 [Col. 3, at foot : Printer's device.] 
 
 Venesia : Bernardino Benali & Matthio da Parma, 
 1491. Fol. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 « 
 
 * There is a full-page woodcut at the commencement of 
 each part of the " Divina Commedia," with smaller 
 woodcuts at the beginning of each canto. These 
 illustrations show traces of the influence of the wood- 
 cuts in the edition of 1 487. 
 
 The three full-page woodcuts reappear in slightly altered 
 form in the edition of 1493, and the one to the 
 Inferno in 1 497 and 1 507. The smaller ones were 
 used in the editions of 1 493, 1 507 and 1 529, whilst 
 the same designs appeared in an enlarged form in the 
 editions of November, 1491 and of 1497. 
 
 The small " b " found on a number of the illustrations, 
 which may stand for the name of the designer, or of 
 the engraver, or for the workshop in which they were 
 engraved, occurs in several other Venetian books, in- 
 cluding the famous " Hypnerotomachia " of 1 499. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 1491 (November). 
 
 [Begin :] Comento di christophoro Landino fiorentino sopra 
 la comedia di Danthe alighieri poeta fiorentino. | Fol. 
 ii [recto, being the 15th leaf:] Canto Prime De La 
 Prima cantica o uero comedia del diuino Poeta Fiorentino 
 Dante Ale | ghieri. . . . | Fol. 315 [verso. Colophon :] 
 Et Fine del comento di Christoforo Landino Fiorentino 
 sopra la comedia di Danthe poeta excelletissimo. I E 
 
CASE 3. 
 
 impresso in Vinegia per Petro Cremonese dito Veronese r 
 Adi .xviii. di nouebrio .M.cccc.Lxx xxi. | emendato per 
 me maestro piero da figfhino dellordine de frati minori. | 
 [End. sig. r 6 verso ;] Qui finisse lecanzone de danthe. | 
 
 Vinegia : Petro Cremonese, 1491. FoL 
 *4^* The small woodcuts in the edition of March 149t 
 
 reappear in this volume in an enlarged form. 
 On the assumption that the year began on March 25, this 
 volume has been sometimes considered to be anterior 
 to that dated March 3, 1491 ; but in Venice the 
 legal year began March 1 , whilst the common 
 practice was to treat it as commencing on the 1 st of 
 January, so that according to either method of com- 
 putation the edition of March, 1491, should take 
 precedence of that dated November, 1 49 1 . 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice. 
 
 1493. 
 
 Dante alegfieri fiorentino 1 Fol. CCXCIX [recto. Colophon :] 
 Finita e lopa dellinclyto & diuo Dathe alleghieri poeta 
 fioretino reuista & emedata diligetemete p el reue | 
 redo maestro Piero da Figino ... & ha posto mol | te 
 cose 1 diuersi luoghi che ha trouato macare si i lo texto 
 coe nella giosa. Impressa in Venetia per Matheo di | 
 chodecha da parma Del .MCCCCLXXXXIII. Adi .XXIX. 
 de Nouembre. | Fol. CCXCIX [verso, col. 2, line 52 :] 
 Pater nostro di Danthe. | [Col. 3, line 25 :] Aue maria di 
 Danthe. | [Fol. CCC recto :] Registrvm | [Col. 4, line 
 39. End. :] dallo exilio j Finis. | 
 
 Venetia : Matheo da Parma, 1493. Fol. 
 
 *#* With woodcuts, which are reimpressions from the 
 
 blocks used for the edition issued by the same 
 
 printer in conjunction with B. BenaH in March. 
 
 1491. 
 
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 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1497. 
 
 Danthealighierlfiorentino. ] Fol. CCXCV II [recto. Colophon:] 
 Fine del comento di Christoforo Landino Fiorentino 
 sopra la Comedia di Dathe poeta excellentissimo | 
 reuista & emendata diligetemete per el reueredo maestro 
 Piero da Figino ... | ... & ha posto molte cose in 
 diuersi luoghi che ha trouato macare si i lo tex | to 
 come nella giosa. Impressa in Venetia per Piero de 
 zuanne di quarengii da palazago bergamasco. Del | 
 M.CCCC.LXXXXVn. Adi .XI. octubrio. | [Col. i :] Qui 
 comincia il credo di Danthe. | Fol. CCXCVII [verso, 
 col. 3, line 52 :] Pater nostro di Danthe. | [Col. 3, line 
 25:] Aue maria di Danthe. | [Fol. CCXCVIII recto:] 
 Registro | [Col. 5, line 31. End. ;] da lo exilio | Finis | 
 Venetia : P. di Quarengi% 1497. Fol. 
 
 *** With woodcuts. 
 
 This edition is a mere copy of that of 1 493. 
 
 CASE 4. 
 
 i. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1502. 
 
 Le Terze Rime | Di Dante. [ [Verso of t.-p. :] Lo 'Nferno 
 E 'L Pvrgatorio | E 'L Paradiso | Di Dante Alaghieri. | 
 
 [Colophon:] Venetiis In Aedih. Aldi. \ Accvratis- 
 sime. 1 Men. Avg. | M.DII. | 8vo. 
 *^* Printed on vellum. 
 On the verso of the last leaf is the device of Aldus, with 
 
 his name Al dvs. 
 Renonard believed this to be the first volume in which the 
 device appeared, but Dr. Christie was inclined to 
 assign the priority to the second volume of the 
 " Poetae Christiani veteres ". 
 
 14 
 
CASE 4. 
 
 Printed in the Italic type, first employed by Aldus for 
 the Vergil published in the previous year, this was 
 the first edition of Dante in a convenient and port- 
 able form. According to Scartazzini this edition, 
 which was based on a somewhat late codex, practi- 
 cally fixed the text for three centuries. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Lyons, 
 
 1502 or 1503.] 
 
 Le Terze Rime | Di Dante. | [Verso of t.-p. :] Lo 'Nferno 
 E 'L Pvrgatorio J E 'L Paradise | Di Dante Alaghieri. | 
 
 [Lyons, 1502 or 1503.] 8vo. 
 *^* A counterfeit of the Aldine edition of 1 502, issued 
 
 without any indication of place, printer or date. 
 In this edition the last quire — " g " — consists of 1 2 leaves ; 
 in the Aldine "g" only contains 8 leaves and is 
 followed by " h " comprising 4 leaves. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [DiviN A Commedia]. Florence, 
 
 1506. 
 
 <Conimedia di Dante Insieme | Con Vno Dialogo [di Antonio 
 Manetti. Sig. O ii : Secondo Dialo^o . . .] Cir | ca El 
 Sito Forma | Et Misvre Del | lo Infer | no. | [Sig. 
 a ii :] Cantico Di Hieronymo Beniuieni • • . | ... in 
 laude dello excellentissimo Poeta Dante | Aligliieri, et 
 della sequente commedia | da lui diuinamente com | 
 posta. I 
 
 [Colophon ;] Impresso in Firenze per opera & spesa 
 di I Philippo di Giunta Fiorentino \ gli anni | della 
 salutifera incarnatione | .M.DVI. a di | .xx. d A | gosto. 
 I 8vo. 
 *** With 8 woodcuts. 
 
 The text of this edition, which differs from that of the 
 Aldine, is considered an excellent one. 
 
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 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1507. 
 
 Danthe ali^hie- \ ri Fiorentino | historiado. | Cum gratia 
 I priuilegio. | [Colophon :] Fine del cometo di Christo- 
 foro Ladino Fioretino sopra la Comedia di Dathe . . . 
 reuista | & emedata dilegetemete p el reueredo maestro 
 / Piero da Figino . ; . | . . . & ha posto molte cose i diuersi 
 luoghi che hatrouato macare si I lotexto coe nella gio | 
 sa. Impressa in Venetia per Bartholomeo de Zanni da 
 Portese. Del .M.D.VII. A di .xvii. de Zugno. | 
 
 Venetia : B. de Zanis, 1507. Fol. 
 *^* Ornamented with woodcuts mostly from the edition of 
 
 March, 1491. 
 The text is that of the Aldine edition. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1512. 
 
 Opere Del Divino | Poeta Danthe Con Svoi Comenti : | Re = 
 correcti Et Con Ogne Di- | ligentia Novamente In | 
 Littera Cvrsiva | Impresse. | + | In Bibliotheca [wood- 
 cut of monk probably S. Bernard] .S. Bernardini. | 
 Fol. 438 [verso. Colophon ;] Fino del comento di Christo- 
 foro Landino Fioretino sopra la Comedia di Danthe . . . 
 
 ] . . . reuista z emedata diligetenmente p el reueredo 
 maestro Pietro da Figino ... | ... ^ ha posto molte 
 cose in diuersi | luoghi che ha truouato mancare si in 
 lo texto coe nella giosa etia nouiter per altri excellent! 
 
 I huoi. Impressa in Venetia per Miser Bernardino 
 stagnino da Trino de monferra. Del .M. | CCCCC.XIL 
 Adi .XXIIII. Nouembrio. | Fol. 440: Qvi Comincia II 
 Credo Di Danthe. | Fol. 441 [col. i]: Pater Nostro Di 
 Danthe. | Fol. 441 [col. 2, line 9] : Ave Maria Di 
 Danthe. | Fol. 441. [Printer's device at foot.] 
 
 Venetia : Bernardino Stagnino da Trino da Mon- 
 ferra, 1512. 4to. 
 
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CASE 4. 
 
 *^* Title within a woodcut border, the base of which is 
 formed by a representation of the garden of Eden. 
 The same border is used at the commencement of the 
 Inferno, opposite to which is placed a full-page wood- 
 cut. Other woodcuts appear at the commencement 
 of the various cantos. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1515. 
 
 Dante Col Sito, Et Forma j Dell' Inferno [Pvrgatorio Para- 
 
 diso] Tratta | Dalla Istessa De- | scrittione Del | Poeta. 
 
 I [Device of Aldus, with his name Al do beneath title.] 
 
 [Colophon :] Impresso in Vinegia nelle Case d'Aldo 
 & I d' Andrea di Asola suo suocero nell' | anno M.D.XV. 
 Del I mese di Agosto. | 8vo. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Tosco- 
 
 LANO? 1515?] 
 
 Dante Col Sito, Et ] Forma Dell' In- | ferno. \ [Verso of t- 
 p. ;] Lo 'Nferno E 'L Pvrgato | rio E 'L Paradiso Di | 
 Dante Alaghieri. | [Verso of last leaf:] P. Alex. Pag. | 
 Benacenses. | .F. | Bena. | .V. .V. | 
 
 [Toscolano ? Aless. Paganini, c. 1515 ?] 8vo. 
 *#* With woodcut and diagrams at the end of the volume. 
 The concluding portion of the inscription on the last leaf 
 
 is supposed to meam : " Fecerunt Benacenses, viva, 
 
 viva ". 
 A counterfeit of the Aldine edition of 1515. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [Without 
 
 Place, 1515?] 
 
 Sig. Si i [recto — blank]. Sig. a i [verso]: Lo 'Nferno E 'L 
 Pvrgatorio | E 'L Paradiso | Di Dante Alaghieri. | 
 
 [n.p., c. 1515 ?] 8vo. 
 
 17 2 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 * * 
 
 With woodcut and diagrams at the end of the volume. 
 These are not the same as in the Paganini edition of 
 this date from which this one differs in other particu- 
 lars. 
 An apparently unrecorded counterfeit of the Aldine 
 edition. 
 
 9. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina CommediaJ. [Tosco- 
 LANO? 1520?] 
 
 Dante Col Site, Et Forma | Dell' Inferno. | [Pvrgatorio, 
 Paradiso.] [Verso of t.-p. :] Ivlio Medici. S. R. E. 
 Tit. S. Ma- I riae In Donico, Diacono | Card. Digniss. 
 Demi- I noq : Svo Reve- j rendiss. Alex. 1 Paganin. | 
 S. D. P. 1 
 
 [Toscolano ? Aless. Paganini, c. 1520 ?] 16mo. 
 *#* With woodcut and three diagrams. 
 Arabic numerals are used in this edition for the foliation. 
 
 10. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1544. 
 
 La Comedia Di Dante | Aligieri Con La No- | va Espositione 
 Di I Alessandro Vellvtello | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 
 [Colophon :] Impressa in Vinegia per Francesco \ 
 Marcolini ad instantia di \ Alessandro Vellutello del 
 mese ] di Qugno lanno M D XLIIII. | 4to. 
 *** With woodcuts. 
 
 This is the first edition with Vellutello's commentary. 
 An error occurred in the printing of this edition, Purg. II. 
 64-66 being omitted. On discovering the omission 
 the printer caused the three lines to be added by 
 means of hand-printing, which was an easy matter 
 as the 63 rd line came at the foot of the page. This 
 is one of the uncorrected copies, which are extremely 
 rare. 
 
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CASE 4. 
 
 n. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1544. 
 
 La Comedia Di Dante | Aligieri Con La No- | va Espositione 
 Di I Alessandro Vellvtello | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 
 [Colophon :] Lnpressa in Vinegia per Francesco \ 
 Marcolini ad instantia di \ Alessandro Vellutello del 
 mese | di Gu^no lanno M D XLIIII. | 4to. 
 
 *4,f* In this copy the error referred to in the previous note 
 has been corrected. 
 
 12. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Lyons, 
 
 1547. 
 
 II Dante, | "^ | Con ar^omenti, & dechiaratfo- [ ne de moltl 
 luoghi, nouamen- { te reuisto, iS: stampato. | [Portrait 
 of Dante beneath title.] 
 
 In Lione, \ Per Giovan Di Tovmes. \ 
 M.D.XXXXVII. 1 16mo. 
 
 13. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Lyons, 
 
 1551. 
 
 Dante [within ornamental compartment] | Con Nvove, | Et 
 Vtili Is- I position!. | Ag^iuntoui di piu vna tauola di 
 tutti I i vocaboli piu degni d' osseruatio- { ne, che a i 
 luoghi loro so- | no dichiarati. | [Printer's device be- 
 neath title.] 
 
 In Lyone, Appresso \ Guglielmo Rouillio. \ 1551 | 
 ... I 16mo. 
 
 *^* Follows the second Aldine edition, with notes from 
 the commentary of Vellutello appended to the several 
 cantos. 
 
 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1554. 
 
 Dante | Con Nvove | Et Vtilissime ] Annotation!. | Aggivn- 
 tovi I L' Indice De Vocaboli | piu degni d'osseruatione, 
 
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THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 che a i lor I luoghi sono dichiarati. | [Printer's device 
 beneath title.] 
 
 In Venetia, \ Per Giovann' Antonio \ Morando, \ 
 M D LIIII. j 8vo. 
 
 *** With portrait of Dante, and other woodcuts prefixed 
 to the commencement of the three parts of the poem. 
 The notes appended to the several cantos are those of A. 
 Vellutello. 
 
 15. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1555. 
 
 La Divina [within architectural fcompartment] | Comedia 
 Di Dante, | Di Nvovo Alia Sva Vera | lettione ridotta 
 con lo aiuto di molti | antichissimi esemplari. | Con 
 Arg-omenti, Et ] Allegorie Per Ciascvn | Canto, & Apos- 
 tille nel mar^rine. | Et Indice Copiosissimo Di | tutti i 
 Vocaboli piu importanti usati dal | Poeta, con la sposi- 
 tion lore. | • . • | [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 In Vinegia Appresso Gabriel | Giolito De Ferrari, 
 Et 1 Fratelli. M D LV. | 12mo. 
 *** With woodcuts. 
 Edited by L. Dolce. 
 
 This is the first edition in which the epithet " Divina " is 
 found with the " Commedia ". 
 
 16. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1564. 
 
 Dante | Con L' Espositione | Di Christoforo Landino, | Et Di 
 Alessandro Vellvtello, | Sopra la sua Comedia dell' 
 Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso. | Con tauole, 
 argomenti, & allegorie, & riformato, riueduto, | & ridotto 
 alia sua uera lettura, ] Per Francesco Sansovino Fior- 
 entino. | [Portrait of Dante beneath title.] 
 
 In Venetia, Appresso Giouambattista, Marchib 
 Sessa, & fratelli. 1564. ] 
 
CASE 5. 
 
 [Colophon :] In Venetia, \ Appresso Domenico Nico- 
 lino, Per Giouamhattista, Marchio Sessa, | et Fratelli. 
 M D LXIIII. I Fol. 
 
 *** The text is that of the Aldine edition. 
 This edition, as well as the reprints of 1578 and 1596, 
 are variously known as editions " del gatto " from the 
 printer's device which appears above the colophon, 
 and "del gran naso" in allusion to the portrait of 
 Dante on the title-page, which is identical with the 
 illuminated one found in the copy exhibited of the 
 Mantua edition of 1472 (Case I). 
 
 17. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Flor- 
 ence, 1595. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di Dante Alighieri 1 Nobile Fioren- 
 tino 1 Ridotta A Miglior Lezione ] dagli Accademici 
 della Crusca. | • • • | [Woodcut beneatli title.] 
 
 In Firenze Per Domenico Manzani 1595 | . . . | 8vo. 
 
 *^* This edition was prepared by B. de Rossi and others, 
 who took the Aldine text as the basis of their work, 
 giving alternative readings in the margin. For more 
 than two centuries it formed the standard text of the 
 Divina Commedia. 
 
 CASE 5. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1629. 
 
 La Diuina ] Comedia | DI Dante | Con gli argomenti, & | 
 Allegoric per ogni ] Canto j E due Indici, vno di tutti i 
 vocaboli piii importanti | vsati dal Poeta, con la | es- 
 position loro, | E I'altrodelle cose piu ] notabili. I • • • | 
 
 In Venetia \ Appresso Nicolo Misserini, 1629 | 24mo. 
 *^* Title v^thin engraved border. 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Naples, 
 
 1716. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia ] Di | Dante | Aligliieri | Nobile 
 Fiorentino | Ridotta a miglior lezione dagli Acca- | de- 
 mici della Crusca, | Seconda Impressione | Accresciuta 
 degli argomenti, allegorie, e spiega | de' vocaboli oscuri. 
 I Dedicata | Al Dottor Signer | Tommaso | Farina | 
 Avvocato Napoletano. j [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 In Napoli MDCCXVI. ] Nella Stamperia di Fran- 
 cesco Laino. ] . . . | 8vo. 
 
 *^* The dedicatory letter is signed Cellenio Zacclori, 
 anagram of Lorenzo Ciccarelli. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Padua, 
 
 1726-27. 
 
 La Divina | Commedia Di { Dante | Alighieri, | Qia ridotta 
 a miglior lezione dagli Accademici | della Crusca ; | Ed 
 ora accresciuta di un doppio Rimario, e di | tre Indici 
 copiosissimi, | Per Opera Del Signor | Qio. Antonio 
 Volpi. I . . . 
 
 In Padova. CIoIoCCXXVII. (CIqIoCCXXVL) ] 
 Presso Giuseppe Gomino. | . . . | 8vo. 
 
 *^* Known as the Cominian edition from the name of the 
 publisher. Tlie text, based on that of the Accademia 
 della Crusca, of 1 595 has been frequently reprinted 
 without alteration. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Works]. Venice, 1741. 
 
 Delle I Opere | Di | Dante | Alighieri | Volume I. | (-V.) 
 [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 In Venezia, | MDCCXXXXI | (MDCCXXXIX) 
 Presso Giambatista Pasquali. j . . . ] 5 vols. 8vo. 
 
 *#* The text of the " Divina Commedia" follows that of 
 the Lucca edition of 1 732. The " Convito " and 
 the " Vita nuova " are edited by A. M. Biscioni. 
 
CASE 5. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Verona, 
 
 1749. 
 
 La Divina | Commedia | Di | Dante | Alighieri { Con una 
 breve, e sufficiente dichiarazione del senso | letterale 
 di versa in piu luogfhi da quella | degli antichi | Com- 
 entatori. | (Col Comento del P. | Pompeo Venturi j ). 
 
 In Veraaa, \ Presso Giuseppe Berno \ CI3I3CCIL. 
 i ... I 3 vols. 8vo. 
 *** With portrait and diagram of the Inferno. 
 Edited by F. A. Zaccaria. Venturi' s commentary appears 
 here for the first time in its entirety. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Works]. Venice. 1757-58. 
 
 Opere | Di | Dante Alighieri. | ([Tom. 1-3.] La Divina | 
 Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | Con Varie Anno- 
 tazioni, E Copiosi Rami Adornata. ] Dedicata Alia Sagra 
 Imperial Maesta | Di | Elisabetta Petrowna | Imper- 
 atrice Di Tutte Le Russie ec. ec. ec. | [Dal Conte | Don 
 Cristoforo Zapata De Cisneros. | ]. . . | — [Tom. 4.] 
 Prose, E Rime | Liriche \ Edite, Ed Inedite | Di | Dante 
 Alighieri, | Con Copiose Ed Erudite Aggiunte, | Siccome 
 dalla premessa Prefazione apparisce. | . . • | . . J) 
 [Vignette below title.] 
 
 In Venezia, \ MDCCLVII. (-MDCCLVIII.). | Presso 
 Antonio Zatta. | ... 14 vols, in 5. 4to. 
 
 *#* The text of the " Divina Commedia " is based on the 
 
 Cominian of 1 727 ; the notes are by P. Venturi and 
 
 G. A. Volpi. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Paris, 
 
 1768. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri. { . . . | 
 
 Parigi \ M.DCC.LXVIIL | Appresso Marcello 
 Prault. I 2 vols. 12mo. 
 
 *#* With portrait. The title-pages are engraved. 
 
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 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. London, 
 
 1 778. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alis:liieri [ . . . | 
 
 Londra 1778. | si vende in Livorno \ presso Gio ' 
 Tom: Masi e \ Gomp. \ 2 vols. 12mo. 
 
 *** With plates. The title-pages are engraved. 
 This edition was actually printed in Leghorn. 
 
 9. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Rome, 
 
 1791-92. 
 
 La Divina Commedia | Di Dante Alighieri | Novamente Cor- 
 retta Spiegata E Difesa | Da | F. B. L. M. C. | . . . ] 
 [Vignette below title.] 
 
 Roma MDCCXCI. [—1792] | Presso Antonio Fvl- 
 goni I Con Licenza De Svperiori \ 3 vols. 4to. 
 *^* With three plates. 
 
 This copy is printed on blue paper. The initials F. B. 
 L. M. C. stand for Fra Baldassare Lombardi, minor 
 conventuale. 
 At the end of vols. I and 3 appears : " Aggiunta | Alia 
 Divina Commedia Di Dante Alighieri | Stampata in 
 Roma neir anno I 791. | . . . in tre tomi in quarto. | 
 Esame delle correzioni che pretende doversi fare in 
 essa 1 edizione il Veronese Monsignor Canonico 
 Gio. lacopo I de* Marchesi Dionisi ne' suoi Blandi- 
 menti Funebri | stampati in Padova nello scorso anno 
 1794. 1 '• 
 Lombardi made many changes from the standard text, 
 introducing a number of variants from the Nido- 
 beatine edition of 1477-78. 
 
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CASE 5. 
 
 10. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Parma. 
 
 1795. 
 
 La I Divina | Commedia | Di | Dante | Allighieri | • . • | 
 
 Parma j Nel Regal Palazzo \ MDCCXCV. | Go' 
 Tipi Bodoniani \ 3 vols. Fol. 
 *#* Edited by G. J. Dionisi. 
 
 On a leaf inserted after the title-page in each volume of 
 this copy is printed : " 42. Milord Spencer conte 
 inglese. Delia presente edizione se ne sono stampate 
 130 copie." 
 This copy wants Dionisi's " Aggiunte critiche ". 
 
 11. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Milan, 
 
 1808-09. 
 
 La I Divina | Commedia | Di | Dante | Alig:hieri | • • • | 
 
 Milano \ Tipograjia Mussi \ 1808 (-09). | 3 vols. 
 24mo. 
 
 *^* One of two copies printed on blue paper. 
 
 12. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. London, 
 
 1808-09. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di ] Dante Alighieri, | Illustrata Di 
 Note I Da Varj Comentatori Scelte Ed Abbre- | viate | 
 Da Romualdo Zotti. | . . . | (Canzoni E Sonetti | Di | 
 Dante Alisfhieri, | Per la Prima Volta Di Note Illustrati | 
 Da Romualdo Zotti : | Con Una Dissertazione | Sulla | 
 Divina Commedia, | Scritta Da ] Mr. Merian, | Dell* 
 Accademia Di Berlino. [ Volume Quarto. [ ) 
 
 Londra : \ Dai Torchj Di R. Zotti. | 1808 (-1809). | 
 4 vols. 12mo. 
 
 *** With a portrait. 
 
 The first complete edition of the Italian text of the 
 " Divine Comedy " printed in England. The text 
 is that of the edition of 1 79 1 . 
 
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THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 Formed part of Zotti's " Collezione di alcuni Classici 
 
 Italiani ". 
 J. B. Merian's dissertation was translated by G. Polidori. 
 
 13. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Paris, 
 
 1818-19. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri, | Col Comento 
 I Di G. Biagioli. | . . . | 
 
 Parigi, | Dai Torchi Di Dondey-Dupre, \ In via S. 
 Luigi, No. 46. | 1818 (-1819). | 3 vols. 8vo. 
 *^* Biagoli followed the Cruscan text of 1 595. 
 
 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Padua, 
 
 1822. 
 
 La Divina I Commedia | Di | Dante Aligfhieri | Col Comento 
 1 Del P. Baldassarre Lombardi | M. C. | Ora Nuova- 
 mente Arricchito | Di Molte Illustrazioni | Edite Ed 
 Inedite | . . . | (II | Rimario | Delia | Divina Commedia 
 Di Dante Alighieri | L'Indice | Delle Voci Del Poema | 
 Citate Dalla Crusca | E Quello | De' Nomi Proprj E 
 Delle Cose Notabili [ Volume IV. | La ] Biografia | Di | 
 Dante Alighieri | Varie Illustrazioni | Delia Divina Com- 
 media I Ed I II Catalog^o Delle Edizioni ] Volume V. [ ) 
 
 In Padova \ Dalla Tipografia Delia Minerva \ 
 M.DCCC.XXII. I 5 vols. 8vo. 
 *^* With four plates. 
 Edited by G. Campi, F. Federici, and G. Maffei. 
 
 15. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. London, 
 
 1822-23. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alis^hieri. | [Arms of 
 George John, 2nd Earl Spencer beneath title.]. . . | 
 
 ...1 
 
 Londra : \ Presso C. Gorrall ; \ A Spese di G. 
 Pickering, | Lincoln's Inn Fields. \ MDCCCXXIII. 
 (-MDCCCXXIL). I 2 vols. 24mo. 
 
 26 
 
CASE 6, 
 
 *^* With portrait. 
 
 Six copies printed on vellum. This copy is No. 1 . 
 
 16. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Pisa, 
 
 1827-29. 
 
 L'Ottlmo I Commento | Delia | Divina Commedia | Teste 
 Inedito | D'Un Contemporaneo Di Dante ] Citato | Das'!! 
 Accademici | Delia Crusca. | • • • 1 [With the text.] 
 
 Pisa I Presso Niccolb Gapurro \ MDCCCXXVII. 
 (-MDCCCXXIX.) I 3 vols. 8vo. 
 *^* With three plates. 
 Edited by A. Torri. 
 
 CASE 6. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Florence, 
 
 1817-19. 
 
 La I Divina ] Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | Con | 
 Tavole In Rame. | . . . | [Portrait of Dante beneath 
 title.] 
 
 Firenze \ Nella Tipografia \ AW Insegna Dell' 
 Ancora | MDCCCXVII. (-MDCCCXIX.) | 4 vols. Fol. 
 *^* Edited by A. Renzi, G. Marini, and G. Muzzi. 
 Known as the " Anchor " edition, and once held in high 
 esteem. It is now realized that the artists were more 
 anxious to produce beautiful pictures than to interpret 
 by their illustrations the mind and fancy of the poet. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Venice, 
 
 1837. 
 
 La Commedia | Di | Dante {AUighieri | Col Comento | Di N. 
 Tommaseo | . . . ] [Vignette beneath title.] 
 
 Venezia, \ Co' Tipi Del Gondoliere. \ M DCCC 
 XXXVIL I 3 vols. 8vo. 
 
 27 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 *^*The first edition of the important commentary of N. 
 Tommaseo. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Turin, 
 
 1852. 
 
 La Commedia ! Di ] Dante Allighieri ] Illustrata 1 Da Ugo 
 Foscolo. 1 ... I 
 
 Torino \ Tipografia Economica \ 1852. | 4 vols. 
 8vo. 
 
 *^* Edited by " Un Italiano," i.e. G. Mazzini. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Imola, 
 
 1855-56. 
 
 Benvenuto Rambaldi | Da Imola | Illustrato Nella Vita E 
 Nelle Opere | E Di Lui | Commento Latino | Sulla Divina 
 Commedia Di Dante Allighieri | Voltato In Italiano | 
 Dair Awocato Giovanni Tamburini | . . • | [With the 
 text.] 
 
 Imola I Dalla Tipografia Galeati \ 1855 (-1856). | 
 3 vols. 8vo. 
 
 *^* The commentary of B. Rambaldi d'imola was based 
 on his lectures at Bologna which he began to deliver 
 in 1374. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Pisa, 
 
 1858-62. 
 
 Commento | Di | Francesco Da Buti | Sopra | La Divina 
 Comedia | Di | Dante Allighieri | Publicato Per Cura | 
 Di Crescentino Giannini. | . • . | [With the text.] 
 
 In Pisa I Pei Fratelli Nistri \ 1858 (-1862). | 4to. 
 *»* With portraits of Dante and Buti. 
 The commentary of F. da Buti, completed in 1385, 
 was founded on his lectures at the University of 
 Pisa. 
 
 28 
 
CASE 7. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno]. 
 
 London. 1858-65. 
 
 L' Inferno Di Dante Alighieri ] Disposto In Ordine Qramma- 
 ticale I E Corredato Di Brevi Dichiarazioni | Da ] Q. Q. 
 Warren Lord Vernon | Accademico Corrispondente Delia 
 Crusca | [Assisted by Sir Q. F. Lacaita.] (Document!. — 
 Album.) 
 
 Londra, | Per Tommaso E Guglielmo Boone \ New 
 Bond Street \ Stampato A Firenze Da T. Baracchi E. 
 Figlio I MDCCCLVIII (-MDCCCLXV) | . 3 vols. 
 Fol. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Milan, 
 
 1864-66. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di [ Dante Allighieri | Secondo La 
 Lezione \ Di Carlo Witte | Prima Edizione Italiana | 
 adorna di cento incisioni antiche. | • • • 1 
 
 Milano \ G. Daelli e C. Editori. | M. DCCC. 
 LXIV. (-M. DCCC. LXVL). ] 3 vols, in 1. 8vo. 
 
 *^* The woodcuts are taken from the edition of B. Benali 
 and Matthio da Parma, Venice 1491. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno]. 
 
 Paris, 1868. 
 
 L' Inferno | Di Dante Alighieri | Colle Figure Di Q. Dortf. | 
 
 Parigi \ Lihreria di L. Hachette E. G^ | Via Pierre- 
 Sarrazin, 14 ] MDCCCLXI 1 Fol. 
 
 CASE 7. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Monte 
 Casino, 1865. 
 
 II Codice Cassinese ] Delia \ Divina Commedia ] Per La 
 Prima Volta Letteralmente Messo A Stampa \ Per Cura 
 
 29 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 Dei Monaci Benedettini | Delia | Badia Di Monte Cas- 
 sino I 
 
 Tipografia Di Monte Cassino \ 1865. | Fol. 
 
 *** With portrait and facsimiles. The " Prolegomeni " 
 
 are signed by L. Tosti, A. Caravita, and C. Quandel. 
 
 The readings of nineteen other editions and manuscripts 
 
 are given at the foot of each page. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Leipzig, 
 
 1875-1900. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Aligtiieri | Riveduta Nel 
 Testo E Commentata | Da | Q. A. Scartazzini | . . . | 
 ... I [Printer's device beneath title.] | (Volume Primo. | 
 L' Inferno. 1 Seconda Edizione Intieramente Rifatta Ed 
 Accresciuta Di Una | Concordanza Delia Divina Com- 
 media I ) 
 
 Leipzig, 1875-1900. 4 vols. 8vo. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia], Milan, 
 
 1878. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante | 
 
 Milano \ Ulrico Hoepli \ 1878. [ 32mo. 
 
 * 
 
 With portrait. 
 
 Remarkable for the microscopical character of the type 
 employed. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Milan, 
 
 1879. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia ] Di | Dante | Edizione Illustrata | 
 da Fotografie tolte da disegni | di | Scaramuzza. | 
 
 Milano | Ulrico Hoepli \ 1879. | 32mo. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Milan, 
 
 1888. 
 
 La Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | Col Commento Inedito 
 I Di I Stefano Talice Da Ricaldone | Pubblicato Per 
 
 3° 
 
CASE 7. 
 
 Cura I Di Vincenzo Promis | . . . | . . . [ . . . | Seconda 
 Edizione ...{... | ... | 
 
 Ulrico Hoepli \ Editore Libraio Delia Real Gasa \ 
 Milano I MDCCCLXXXVIIL | 3 vols. 8vo. 
 *^* With portrait. 
 
 The commentary consists of lectures in Latin delivered in 
 1 474. It is little more than a summary of Benvenuto 
 d'imola. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. Turin, 
 
 1888-93. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri \ Ridotta A 
 Miglior Lezione Con L'Aiuto Di Ottimi Manoscritti | 
 Italiani E Forestieri | E Soccorsa Di Note Edite Ed In- 
 edite Antiche E Moderne | Per Cura Del | Cav. Giuseppe 
 r Campi ! ... | ... | ... | ...{... | ... | (Indice 
 Alfabetico | Delia | Divina Commedia | Giusta 11 Testo 
 Curato Dal Cav. G. Campi | Compilato Da | E. Barbero 
 I Dante Alighieri | E La | Divina Commedia | Studio | 
 Di I Filippo Schaff | • . • | Prima traduzione italiana ac- 
 consentita dall' Autore | a cura del Professore | Marco 
 Lessona | ) 
 
 Torino \ Unione Tipografico-Editrice | . . . 1888 
 (-1893). I 4 vols. 8vo. 
 With plates. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Works]. Oxford. 1894. 
 
 Tutte Le Opere [ Di | Dante Alighieri | Nuovamente Rive- 
 dute Nel Testo | Da | Dr. E. Moore | 
 
 Oxford I Nella Staniperia dell' Universitd \ 
 MDCCCXIV I 8vo. 
 
 *^* The first edition of Dante's complete works in one 
 volume. 
 
 31 
 
 * * 
 # 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [DivinaCommedia]. Florence, 
 
 1897-1901. 
 
 La I Divina Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | novamente 
 annotata | Da ] Q. L. Passerini [ . . . [ [Printer's device 
 beneath title.] 
 
 InFirenze \ G.C.Sansoni, Editor e \ 1897 (-1901). | 
 4 vols. 16mo. 
 
 * * 
 * 
 
 With portrait. 
 
 9. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. London, 
 
 1900. 
 
 La I Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | II Testo Wittiano | 
 Riveduto | Da | Paget Toynbee | 
 
 Londra \ Methuen E Ci. \ MDCCCC | 8vo. 
 *^* " Per il sesto centenario del viaggio di Dante. 
 MCCC. MDCCCC " 
 
 10. DANTE ALIGHIERI [DivinaCommedia]. London, 
 
 1902-05. 
 
 Lo Inferno Di Dante Alighi | eri Fiorentino. | (Lo Purgatorio 
 
 ... I ... I — Lo Paradiso . . . | ) 
 
 Nella Stamp eria \ Di Ashendene \ MCMII 
 (-MCMV.) I ([Colophon vol. 3]) . . . Le lettere rubricate 
 da mano sono V opera di \ Graily Hewitt, & le incisioni 
 in legno di W. \ Hooper e C. Keates secondo i disegni 
 dell' I edizione stampato in Venezia nell' anno 1491. | 
 [Printer''s device.] ] II testo di questa edizione e quelle 
 rivisto ed \ emendato dal reverendo Dottore Edoardo \ 
 Moore Stampato con licenza de' Delegati \ delta 
 Stamperia delV Universitd di Oxford. \ 3 vols. 4to. 
 *»* Printed on vellum. 
 
 The type used in this edition is a copy of the first Italian 
 fount, employed in 1465 at Subiaco. This is, per- 
 haps, the most beautifully printed of all the numerous 
 editions of the " Divina Commedia '*. 
 
 32 
 
CASE 8. 
 
 CASE 8. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno. 
 —English]. 1782. 
 
 The I Inferno | Of | Dante | Translated. | [Ornament be- 
 neath title.] I 
 
 London : \ Printed By J. Nichols ; \ And Sold By 
 T. Payne And Son . . .\ . . .\ . . . \ MDCCLXXXIL [ 
 8vo. 
 
 *^* In blank verse. 
 
 Translated by C. Rogers. 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— English]. 
 
 1802. 
 
 The I Divina Commedia | Of | Dante Alig^hieri : | Consisting: 
 Of The I Inferno — Purgatorio — And Paradiso. ] Trans- 
 lated Into English Verse, | With Preliminary Essays, 
 Notes, And Illustrations, | By the Rev. Henry Boyd, 
 
 A. M. 1 ... 1 ... I ... I ... I 
 
 London: \ Printed by A. Strakan, New-Street 
 Square ; \ For T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davies, In The 
 Strand. \ 1802. | 3 vols. Svo. 
 *^* With portrait. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno. 
 
 —English]. 1805. 
 
 The I Inferno ] Of 1 Dante Alighieri : | Canto I. -XVII. ] With 
 A I Translation | In English Blank Verse, | Notes, | 
 And A I Life Of The Author. | By | The Rev. Henry 
 Francis Cary, A.M. 
 
 London : \ Printed For James Carpenter, \ Old 
 Bond Street. I 1805. I 8vo. 
 
 33 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— English]. 
 
 1814. 
 
 The I Vision ; | Or, | Hell, Purgatory, ] And ] Paradise, | Of i 
 Dante Alighieri. ] Translated By | The Rev. H. F. 
 
 Gary, A.M. | . . . | . . . | 
 
 London : \ Printed For The Author, \ By J. Bar- 
 field, I ... 1 1814. I 3 vols. 16rao. 
 
 *^* The first edition of this translation, published in 1805, 
 contained only Cantos I. -XVII. of the Inferno, to- 
 gether with the Italian text. A metrical transla- 
 tion. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno. 
 
 —French]. 1776. 
 
 La 1 Divine Comedie | De | Dante Alighieri, | L'Enfer; | 
 Traduction Fran^oise, | Accompagnee du Texte, de 
 Notes jhistoriques, critiques, | & de la Vie du Poete. | 
 Par M. Moutonnet De Clairfons. | . . . 
 
 A Florence, | Et se trouve a Paris, \ Chez 
 
 \ T% ^^h f Libraires, Quai des Augustins. \ 
 
 M.DCC.LXXVL I 8vo. 
 *^* A prose translation. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— French]. 
 
 1796. 
 
 La Divine Comedie 1 De | Dante Alighieri, | Contenant La 
 Description ] De|L'Enfer,(Du Purgatoire | Et Du Para- 
 
 dis. I ... 1 
 
 A Paris, \ Chez Sallior, Successeur De Didot Jeune, \ 
 Quai Des Augustins, No. 22. \ I! An IV De La Repuh- 
 lique 1796. ] 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 A prose translation by — Colbert, Due d'Estouteville. 
 Edited by M. F. Sallior. 
 
 34 
 
 * * 
 * 
 
CASE 8. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— French]. 
 
 1840. 
 
 La I Divine Comedie | De | Dante Alighieri. ] Traduction 
 Nouvelle, | Accompagnee de Notes, | Par | Pier-Angelo 
 Fiorentino. | [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 Paris, 1 Lihrairie De Charles Gosselin, \ . . . \ 9, 
 Rue Saint-Germain-Des-Pris. \ MDCCCXL. | 8vo. 
 
 * 
 
 * A prose translation. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Greek. 
 
 Modern]. 1890. 
 
 Dante's | Inferno, Purgatorio, | And ] Paradiso, | Transla- 
 ted into Qreeic Verse | By | Musurus Paslia . • . ] 
 
 Second Edition. | (Aavrov | A8rj<;, KadapTTjpiov \ Kai \ 
 IIapaBeiao<;. [Portrait.] j Mera^pacn^i K. Movaovpov. \ 
 ^EkSoo-l^; Aevrepa. \ ) 
 
 Williams And Norgate, \ 14, Henrietta Street, 
 Covent Garden, London ; \ . . . \ 1890. | 8vo. 
 *^* With notes. 
 
 9. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Hun- 
 
 garian]. 1885-99. 
 
 A Magyar | Tudomanyos Akademia | Konyvkiado- Vallalata. 
 I Dante Alighieri | Isteni Szinjateka. | (Divina Com- 
 media.) | Forditotta | Bevezette S Jegyzetekkel Kise'rte 
 I Szasz Karoly. | • • • | 
 
 Budapest, \ 1885 (-1899). | 3 vols. 8vo. 
 *^* A metrical translation. 
 
 10. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno. 
 
 —Italian Dialects]. 1860. 
 
 L' Inferno | Di Dante | Esposto ] In Dialetto Milanese | Da | 
 Francesco Candiani | . . . | 
 
 Milano \ A Spese Di Cristoforo Candiani \ Coi tipi 
 di D. Salvi e Comp. ] . . . | 1860. | 8vo. 
 *^* A metrical translation. 
 
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THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 n. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Purga- 
 TORio.— Latin]. 1728. 
 
 Delia I Commedia | Di | Dante Alighieri | Trasportata in 
 verso Latino Eroico | Da [ Carlo D' Aquino | Delia Com- 
 pagnia di Gesu | Cantica 11. | Coll' Aggiunta del Testo 
 Italiano, | edi brevi Annotazioni. | 
 
 In Napoli, per Felice Mosca, MDCCXXVIII. | . . . | 
 8vo. 
 
 12. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Latin]. 
 
 1891. 
 
 Fratris lohannis De Serravalle | Ord. Min. | Episcopi Et 
 Principis Firmani | Translatio Et Comentum | Totius 
 Libri | Dantis Aldigherii | Cum Textu Italico | Fratris 
 Bartholomaei A Colle | Eiusdem Ordinis | Nunc Primum 
 Edita. I 
 
 Prati 1 Ex Ojfficina Lihraria Giachetti, Filii Et Soc. | 
 1891. I Fol. 
 
 *^* Edited by M. da Civezza and T. Domenichelli. 
 Giovanni dei Bertoldi, or Johannes de Serravalle, Bishop 
 of Fermo, was born about 1350 and died in 1445. 
 The existence of this metrical Latin translation of the 
 Divina Commedia is a testimony to the early recog- 
 nition of its greatness. 
 
 13. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Inferno. 
 
 —Spanish]. 1515. 
 
 [Sig. (i Beneath coat of arms :] Traducio del dante por don 
 pero fernadez de vi- | llegas dirigido ala senora dona 
 luana de arago. | 
 
 [Burgos, F. Alevian de Basilea, 1515.] Fol. 
 \* This appears to be a copy of the Burgos edition of 
 1515, wanting the final leaves. The version is 
 limited to the Inferno, and is accompanied by an 
 extensive commentary taken mainly from Landino. 
 36 
 
 * 
 
CASE 9. 
 
 Juana de Aragon, to whom this verse translation is dedi- 
 cated, died before the work was pubHshed. 
 
 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Swedish]. 
 
 1856-57. 
 
 Dante Alighieris | Gudomliga Komedi | Ofversatt | Af | Nils 
 
 Loven. | . . . ] . . . | 
 
 Lund, 1 Tryckt Pa Bokhandlaren C. W. K. Gleerups 
 Forlag, \ Uti Berlingska Boktryckeriet, \ 1856 (-1857). | 
 3 vols. 8vo. 
 
 *^* A metrical translation. With introductions and notes. 
 
 15. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia.— Welsh]. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Dwyfol Qan Dante | Annwn | Purdan | Paradwys | Y 
 Cyfieithiad | Gan Daniel Rees. | Y Rhagrdraith | Gan T. 
 Gwynn -Jones. | Y Darluniau j Gan J. Kelt Edwards ] 
 Y Prif Lythyrenan | Gan Louise Rolfe A | Phoebe Rees | 
 MCMIII. I Caernarfon: Swyddfa 'R" Herald". 
 ... I ... I 4to. 
 
 *^* A metrical translation. 
 
 CASE 9. 
 
 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Convito]. 1490. 
 
 [Caption :] Convivio Didante Alis^hieri | Fiorentino | 
 
 [Colophon :] Impresso in Firenze per ser Francesco 
 bonaccorsi Nel an ] no mille quattrocento nouanta Adi 
 .XX. di septembre. | 
 
 2. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Convito]. 1529. 
 
 L' Amoroso Convivio | Di Dante, Con La Addi- | tione, & 
 moiti suoi notandi, accurata- | mente reuisto & emen- 
 dato. I MDXXIX. ] [Portrait of Dante beneath title.] 
 
 [Colophon :] Impresso in Vinegia per Nicolo di 
 Aristotile detto \ Zoppino nell' Anno di nostra salute Re- 
 
 37 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 I gnantel'Inclito Principe Andrea | Qritti. MDXXIX. [ 
 
 8vo. 
 
 *^* Title within woodcut border. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Convito]. 1531. 
 
 L' Amoroso Con | vivio Di Dante, Con | La Additione, Et 
 Mol I ti Svoi Notandi, ] Accvratamente ] Revisto Et 
 Emen | dato. | 
 
 [Colophon :] Impresso in Vinegia per Marchio Sessa 
 neir Anno | di nostra salute regnante I'inclito Princi | 
 pe Andrea Qritti. MDXXXI. | 8vo. 
 *^* Title within woodcut border. 
 
 4. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Credo, etc.]. 1830. 
 
 II Credo | II Paternostro | E | L' Ave Maria | Di | Dante Alig- 
 hieri | Con Alcune Annotazioni. | [Device beneath title.] 
 
 Fane 1830 ] Per Pietro Burotti \ AW Insegna della 
 Fortuna. \ 4to. 
 
 5. DANTE ALIGHIERI [De Monarchia]. 1740. 
 
 Dantis | Aligherii | Florentini | Monarchia. [ [Device be- 
 neath title.] 
 
 Colonice Allohrogum, \ Apud Henr. Albert. Gosse 
 & Soc. I MDCCXL. I 
 
 *^* The first separately printed edition of this treatise of 
 Dante. 
 
 6. DANTE ALIGHIERI [De Monarchia.— English]. 
 
 1896-98. 
 
 Dante ] The ] De Monarchia | • . • | Translated Into English 
 And Annotated. | (Book I. | . . . | Printed 1896. Un- 
 altered reprint 1897. I ) 
 
 Printed for the Translator by \ Elsom & Co., 
 Market-Place, Hull. ] 1896 [ (-1898. | ) 8vo. 
 *^* This translation is by P. H. Wicksteed. 
 38 
 
CASE 9. 
 
 7. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Rime]. 1527. 
 
 Sonetti E Canzoni | Di Diversi | Antichi Avtori Toscani | In 
 Dieci Libri Raccolte. [ Di Dante Alaghieri Libri quattro. 
 I Di M. Cino da Pistoia Libro uno. | Di Quido Caualcanti 
 Libro uno. | Di Dante da Maiano Libro uno. | Di Fra 
 Quittone d'Arezzo Libro uno. [ Di diuerse Canzoni e 
 Sonetti senza nome | d'autore. Libro uno. | [Printer's 
 device beneath title.] 
 
 [Colophon ;] Irnpresso in Firenze per li heredi di 
 Philippo di I Giunta nell' anno del Signore. | 
 M.D.XXVn. Adi VL j del mese di Luglio. | 8vo. 
 
 8. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Rime.— English]. 1835. 
 
 The Canzoniere | Of ] Dante Alighieri, | Including The 
 Poems I Of The ] Vita Nuova And Convito ; | Italian 
 And English. | Translated By | Charles Lyell . . . | . . . 
 
 London : \ John Murray, Albemarle Street. \ 1835. 
 1 Svo. 
 
 9. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Sette Salmi Penitenziali]. 
 
 1752. 
 
 I Sette Salmi | Penitenziali | Trasportati Alia Volgar Poesia 
 I Da Dante Alighieri ; | Ed Altre Sue Rime Spiritual! | 
 Illustrate Con Annotazioni j Dall' Abate | Francesco 
 Saverio Quadrio. | [Portrait of Dante beneath title.] 
 
 In Milano CIq Iq CCLIL | Nella Stamperia Delia 
 Bihliot. Ambros. \ Appresso Giuseppe Marelli. | . . . | 
 Svo. 
 
 10. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Sette Salmi Penitenziali]. 
 
 1753. 
 
 1 Sette Salmi | Penitenziali | Trasportati Alia Volgar Poesia 
 I Da Dante Alighieri | Ed Altre Sue Rime Spirituali | 
 Illustrate con Annotazioni | DalF Abate | Francesco 
 
 39 
 
THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. 
 
 Saverio Quadrio | Come pure altra serie di Rime scelte 
 tra I le piu nobili dell' Autore. | [Device beneath 
 title.] 
 
 Bologna A Golle Ameno. \ Per Giovanni Gottardi. 
 
 1753 I 4to. 
 
 *** With portrait and two plates. 
 
 1 1. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova]. 1576. 
 
 Vita Nvova ] Di Dante | Alighieri. | Con XV. Canzoni del 
 medesimo. | E la vita di esso Dante scritta ] da Giovanni 
 Boccaccio. | . . . | [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 In Firenze^ \ Nella Siamperia di Bartolomeo Ser- 
 martelli. \ MDLXXVI. | 8vo. 
 
 12. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova]. 1902. 
 
 La I Vita Nuova | Di | Dante | Con Le Illustrazioni Di Dante 
 Gabriele Rossetti | [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 Casa Editrice Nazionale \ Roux E Viarengo \ 
 Torino— Roma \ 1902. | 4to. 
 *»* Edited by A. Agresti. 
 
 13. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova. — English]. 
 
 1861. 
 
 The Early Italian Poets | From Ciullo D' Alcamo To | Dante 
 Alighieri | (i 100-1200- 1300) | In The Original Metres | 
 Together With Dante's Vita Nuova | Translated By D. 
 Q. Rossetti | Part I. Poets Chiefly Before Dante ] Part 
 II. Dante And His Circle. | 
 
 London : \ Smith, Elder And Co. 65, Gornhill. \ 
 1861. I ... I ... I Svo. 
 
 *^* The tooling on the binding is copied from an unused 
 design made by D. G. Rossetti for the title-page of 
 this work. 
 
 40 
 
CASE 9. 
 
 14. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova.— French]. 
 
 [1844.] 
 
 Dante j Vita Nuova | Ou | Vie De Ses Jeunes Annees | ecrite 
 par lui-meme | Version Fran^aise Du Chevalier Zeloni | 
 Prec^dee D'Une | Notice Historique Sur Sa Vie | extraite 
 des auteurs du temps les plus accredites | Par Le 
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 15. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova.— French]. 1898. 
 
 Dante Alighieri | La Vita Nuova | (La Vie Nouvelle) | 
 Traduction Accompagnee De Commentaires \ Par | Max. 
 Durand Fardel | 
 
 Paris I Bibliotheque-Gharpentier \ Eugene Fas- 
 quelle, Editeur | 11, Rue De Grenelle, 11. | 1898. | . . . | 
 8vo. 
 
 16. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nouva.— German]. 
 
 [1897.] 
 
 Das Neue Leben ] des | Dante Alighieri. | (jbersetzt und 
 durch eine Studie tiber Beatrice eing:eleitet | von | Dr. 
 Karl Federn. | Mit Dantes Bildnis. | [Printer's device 
 beneath title.] 
 
 Halle a. d. S. \ Verlag von Otto Hendel. \ [1897.] 
 8vo. 
 
 17. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova.— German]. 
 
 1903. 
 
 Das Neue Leben | Des ] Dante Alighieri | Obersetzt | und 
 Mit Finer Kurzen Laut- und Formenlehre | Des Denk- 
 rtials Versehen | Von 1 Friedrich Beck. | 
 
 Miinchen 1903. | Piloty & Loehle. \ Svo. 
 
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 18. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Vita Nuova. — Swedish]. 
 
 [1897.] 
 
 I Livets Var | Dantes | Vita Nuova ] I | Svensk Drakt, | Med 
 Qrundtexten Vid Sidan, | Av | Fredrik Wulff | . . . | 
 [Printer's device beneath title.] 
 
 Stockholm \ Hugo Gebers Forlag \ [1897.] 8vo. 
 
 19. DANTE ALIGHIERI [De Vulgari Eloquentia]. 
 
 1529. 
 
 Dante De La Vwlgare Elcoqvenzia. ] [Printer's device beneath 
 title.] I . . . 
 
 [Colophon :] Stampata in Vicenza, per Tcalwrneco 
 Ianicul(o da Bressa, \ Nel annco MDXXIX. | Del Mese 
 di Qenaro). | • • • | 4to. 
 
 This is an Italian translation by G. G. Trissino of the 
 Latin original which was not printed until 1 577. 
 
 * * 
 
 20. DANTE ALIGHIERI [De Vulgari Eloquentia]. 
 
 1583. 
 
 Dante | De La Volgare | Eloqvenzia. | Col Castellano Dia- 
 log© I Di M. Qiovan Giorgio | Trissino | De La Lingva 
 Italiana. | Di nuouo ristampato, & dalle lettere al nostro 
 Idioma | strane purgato, & ricorretto. | [Device beneath 
 title.] 
 
 In Ferrara Per Domenico \ Mamarelli. 1583. ] 
 ... I 8vo. 
 
 CASE 10. 
 
 1. ALBUM DANTESCO. 1865. 
 
 Album Dantesco | Contenente | Centoventicinque Tavole In 
 Rame | 44 Dell' Inferno, 40 Del Purgatorio E 41 Del 
 Paradiso | Disegnate Ed Incise { Da Ademollo, Nenci,. 
 Lasinio, Masselli | Ed Altri Celebri Artisti | Dedicato | 
 
 42 
 
CASE 10. 
 
 A! Piu Grand' Uomo Del Secolo | [Portrait of Dante be- 
 neath title.] 
 
 Firenze \ Giuseppe Andrea Giglioni \ Propriet- 
 ario-Editore \ 1865. ] Fol. 
 
 2. CAETANI (MlCHELE Angelo) Duca di Sermoneta. 
 
 1855. 
 
 La materia della Divina Commedia | di Dante Allijj^hieri 
 dichiarata in VI. tavole | da Michelangelo Caetani j 
 
 Roma m. dccc.lv | Fol. 
 
 3. DANTE ALIGHIERI [Divina Commedia]. [1902?] 
 
 Dante Alijj^hieri | La Divina Commedia | lllustrata dalT Ing : 
 Attilio Razzolini di Firenze. A.D. 1902 | 
 
 [n.p., 1902 ?] Obi. 8vo. 
 *^,j*A reproduction of a manuscript copy of the Divina 
 Commedia, written and illuminated by, and under 
 the direction of, A. Razzolini. The original manu- 
 script is in this library. 
 
 4. FEDERN (Carl). 1899. 
 
 Dante | Von | Karl Federn | [Portrait of Dante beneath title. 1 
 I [Dichter und Darsteller | Herausgegeben von . . . 
 Rudolph Lothar | IIL | . . . | ] 
 
 1899 I Leipzig, Berlin und Wien \ Verlag von E, 
 T. Seemann und der Geaellschaft fur graph. Industrie \ 
 *^* With numerous illustrations. 
 
 There is also in the library an Italian translation by C. 
 Foligno published in 1903. 
 
 5. FLAXMAN GoHN). 
 
 Invenzioni di Giovanni Flaxman | Sulla Divina Commedia di 
 Dante Alighieri | Inferno, Purgatorio e Paradiso. | [Por- 
 trait of Dante beneath title.] 
 
 [n.p.] Pvhhlicate da Beniaraino del Vecchio In- 
 cisore. \ [n.d.] Obi. 4to. 
 
 *^^* The titlepage is engraved. 
 
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 6. Kraus (Franz Xaver). 1897. 
 
 Dante | Sein Leben Und Sein Werk | Sein Verhaltniss Zur 
 Kunst Und Zur Politik | Von Franz Xaver Kraus | Mit 
 Zahlreichen Illustration en | 
 
 Berlin | G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung \ 1897 | 
 8vo. 
 
 7. VOLKMANN (LUDWIG). 1899. 
 
 iconografia Dantesca | The Pictorial Representations | To | 
 Dante's Divine Comedy j By | Ludwig Volkmann | 
 I Revised And Augmented By [ The Author | With A 
 
 Preface | By | Charles Sarolea | . . . ] ... | ... | With 
 Seventeen Plates and Four Woodcuts | 
 
 London \ H. Grevel <Sf Co. \ 33, King Street, Covent 
 Garden, W.G. I 1899. 1 8vo. 
 
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 BarBI (M.). Delia fortuna di Dante nel secolo XVI. Pisa^ 
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 BaSSERMANN (A.). Dantes Spuren in Italien. Wanderungen 
 und Untersuchungen von A. Bassermann. Mit einer Karte 
 von Italien und siebenundsechzig Bildertafeln. Heidelberg^ 
 1897. 4to, pp. vii, 303. 
 
 Blanc (L. G.). Vocabolario Dantesco o dizionario critico e 
 ragionato della Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri di L. G. 
 Blanc . . . recato in italiano da G. Carbone. . . . Quarta 
 edizione. Firenze, 1890. 8vo, pp. xiv, 384. 
 
 Butler (A. J.). Dante : his times eind his work. . . . Second 
 edition. London, 1901. 8vo, pp. ix, 201. 
 
 CesARI (A.). Bellezze della Divina commedia di Dante Alig- 
 hieri : dialoghi. . . . Ultima edizione. . . . Napoli, 1 866. 
 8vo, pp. vii, 648. 
 
 Church (R. W.) Dean of St. Paul's. Dante, and other essays. 
 [Eversley Series.] London, 1901. 8vo, pp. 260. 
 
 COLOMB DE BaTINES (P.) Vicomte. Bibliografia dantesca, 
 ossia catalogo delle edizioni, traduzioni, codici manoscritti e 
 comenti della Divina commedia e delle opere minori di 
 Dante, seguito dalla serie ,de* biografi di lui. . . . Tra- 
 duzione italiana fatta sul manoscritto francese dell' autore. 
 . . . Prato, 1845-46. 2 vols. 4to. 
 
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 originale della R. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze 
 
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 dal . . . G. Biagi. . . . [Biblioteca di Bibliografia e Paleo- 
 grafia.] Firenze, 1888. 8vo, pp. ix, 264. 
 
 COLOMB DE BaTINES (P.) Vicomte. Indice generale della 
 Bibliografia dantesca. Bologna, 1 883. 8vo, pp. 1 74. 
 
 Cornell University. Cornell University Library. Cata- 
 logue of the Dante collection presented by W. Fiske. Com- 
 piled by T. W. Koch. . . . Ithaca, New York, 1898- 
 1900. 2 vols. 4to. 
 
 COULTON (G. G.). From St. Francis to Dante : a translation 
 of all that is of primary interest in the chronicle of the Fran- 
 ciscan Salimbene, 1 22 1 - 1 288. Together with notes and 
 illustrations from other medieval sources. . . . London, 
 1906. 8vo, pp. vi, 364. 
 
 Dante AliGHIERI. Tutte le opere di Dante Alighieri. Nuova- 
 mente rivedute nel testo dal . . . E. Moore. Oxford, 
 1897. 8vo, pp. 490. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. The Inferno of Dante Alighieri. [Edited 
 by H. Oelsner. With the translation of J. A. Carlyle.] 
 [Second edition.] [The Temple Classics.] London, \90]. 
 l2mo, pp. 398. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. The Purgatorio of Dante Alighieri. 
 [Edited by H. Oelsner. With a translation by T. Okey.] 
 [Second edition.] [The Temple Classics.] London, \ 902. 
 12mo, pp. 442. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. The Paradiso of Dante Alighieri. [Edited 
 by H. Oelsner. With a translation by P. H. Wicksteed.] 
 [The Temple Classics.] London, 1900. 12mo, pp. 
 418. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. The Convivio of Dante Alighieri. [Trans- 
 lated by P. H. Wicksteed.] [The Temple Classics.] 
 London, 1903. 12mo, pp. ii, 447. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. A translation of the Latin works of Dante 
 Alighieri. [By A. G. F. Howell and P. H. Wicksteed.] 
 [The Temple Classics.] London, 1904. 12mo, pp. viii, 
 428. 
 
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 Dante AliGHIERI. The early Italian poets; together with 
 Dante's Vita Nuova, Translated by D. G. Rossetti. 
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 London, 1904. 12nio, pp. xx, 336. 
 
 Dante AlIGHIERI. Readings on the Inferno of Dante, based 
 upon the commentary of Benvenuto da Imola and other au- 
 thorities. With text and literal translation by the Hon'''^ W. 
 W. Vernon. . . . With an introduction by E. Moore. . . . 
 Second edition. . . . London, [1906]. 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 Dante AlIGHIERI. Readings on the Purgatorio of Dante, 
 chiefly based on the commentary of Benvenuto da Imola. By 
 the Hon^le W. W. Vernon. . . . With an introduction by 
 the . . . Dean of St. Paul's [R. W. Church]. . . . Second 
 edition. . . . London, 1897. 2 vols. Svo. 
 
 Dante AlIGHIERI. Readings on the Paradiso of Dante, 
 chiefly based on the commentary of Benvenuto da Imola. 
 By the Honble W. W. Vernon. . . . With an introduction 
 by the Bishop of Ripon [W. B. Carpenter]. . . . London, 
 1900. 2 vols. Svo. 
 
 Dante AlIGHIERI. The Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante 
 Alighieri. A new^ translation, with notes, essays, and a 
 biographical introduction. By ... E. H. Plumptre . . . 
 Dean of Wells. . . . Third edition. London, 1896-98. 
 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 Dante Alighieri. Dante and G. del Virgilio ; including a 
 critical edition of the text of Dante's " Eclogae Latinae " 
 and of the poetic remains of G. del Virgilio. By P. H. 
 Wicksteed . . . and E. G. Gardner. . . . Westminster, 
 1902. 8vo, pp. X. 340. 
 
 DODS (M.). Forerunners of Dante : an account of some of the 
 more important visions of the unseen world, from the earliest 
 times. Edinburgh, 1903. 8vo, pp. viii, 275. 
 
 Duffy (B.). The Tuscan republics : Florence, Siena, Pisa and 
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 Fay (E. a.). Concordance of the Divina commedia. [Dante 
 
 Society, Cambridge, Mass.] Boston, [Mass.], 1888. 8vo, 
 
 pp. vi, 819. 
 
 FedERN (C). Dante. [With illustrations.] [Dichter und 
 
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 pp. 235. 
 Gardner (E. G.). Dante's ten heavens : a study of the Para- 
 
 diso. . . . Westminster, 1898. 8vo, pp. xii, 310. 
 KraUS (F. X.). Dante : sein Leben und sein Werk, sein 
 
 Verhaltniss zur Kunst und zur Politik. . . . Mit . . . Illus- 
 
 trationen. Berlin, 1897. 8vo, pp. xii, 792. 
 LUNGO (I. del). Dante ne' tempi di Dante : ritratti e studi. 
 
 . . . Bologna, 1888. 8vo, pp. v, 482. 
 LUNGO (I. del). Dal secolo e dal poema di Dante : altri 
 
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 Moore (E.). Contributions to the textual criticism of the Divina 
 
 commedia, including the complete collation throughout the 
 
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 Cambridge, 1889. 8vo, pp. Ivi, 723. 
 MoORE (E.). Studies in Dante. First (-Third) series. . . . 
 
 Oa/orc^, 1896-1903. 3 vols. 8vo. 
 MoORE (E.). The time-references in the Divina commedia, 
 
 and their bearing on the assumed date and duration of the 
 
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 OeLSNER (H.). The influence of Dante on modern thought : 
 
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 man of G. A. Scartazzini by A. J. Butler. London, 1893. 
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