DANTE ALIGHIERI Lot n° 31

Alighieri, Dante - The Landian Code of the Divine Comedy Florence, Olschki, 1921. & nbsp; 500 x 350 mm. Preface and introduction by A.Balsamo and G.Bertoni. Full leather binding with dry impressions. & Nbsp; ** Reproduction of the Landiano Codex 190, considered the oldest manuscript with certain date, 1336, of the Divine Comedy, currently preserved at the & nbsp; Passerini-Landi Municipal Library & nbsp; of Piacenza. Together with the Comedy it also contains & nbsp; Dante's "The sweet rhymes of love ch'io solia," some sonnets by & nbsp; Guittone d'Arezzo and some chapters made by & nbsp; Bosone from Gubbio & nbsp; and & nbsp; Iacopo Alighieri who provide a sort of summary of the work. The colophon shows the identity of the copyist, Antonio da Fermo who declares that the work was commissioned by Beccario Beccaria.