DANTE ALIGHIERI Lot n° 26

The Terze rhymes with Dante. L'Inferno, Il Purgatorio, Il Paradiso di Dante Alighieri. Without place, date and publisher's name [Lyon, Balthazard Gabiano, 1503]. In-12 (90x147 mm), 244 ff, unencrypted: a-z8, A-F8 & G12 (the white l2). Printing in italics (small marginal restoration on the last sheet). Red morocco, double framing of cold fillets on the plates, golden fleurons at the corners and golden iron (Aldine anchor) in the center, decorated ribbed back, golden edges, shirt in red half basane, case. Mid 19th century binding from Niédrée. Henry William Poor and Joseph Martin libraries, with ex-libris. Rare first edition in italics in France, it is a counterfeit of the in-12 edition, published by Aldus in Venice in 1502. Ref: G. Heilbrun. Renouard (Aldus), 307.9. Harness VII, 11. Gütlingen I, p.64