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DANTE ALIGHIERI. La Commedia di Dante Alighieri...

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DANTE ALIGHIERI. La Commedia di Dante Alighieri Tratta da quella, Che pubblicarono gli Accademici della Crusca l'Anno MDXCV. Col Comento del M. R. P. Pompeo Venturi della Compagnia di Gesu. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1751. - 3 volumes in one in-8, half brown basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, spotted edges (19th century binding restored). Edition of Dante's "Divine Comedy", with commentaries by the Jesuit father and professor of philosophy Pompeo Venturi (1693-1752). Beginning with a life of Dante and Petrarch, as well as a bibliography of the main editions of the work, it is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and a plate in the first volume. A good copy. The binding has been completely rebound and the early 19th century spine has been brought back. Some foxing, rare traces of wetness.