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[crossed out] the only early Dante with monumental full page illustrations [end cross out]
First ed. of Dante's Divina Comedia to contain woodcut illust.,
and the 2nd to be illustrated - the 1481 Florence ed. (See #98)
copy
1988
848,000
had engraved illust. These famous Brescia woodcut illust.
became the archetype of those in the later Venetian
editions of the 15th and 16th C.
Boninus de Boninis of Ragusa, after printing and books at
Verona in the 14 months 20 Dec 1481 to 17 Feb. 1483
moved to Brescia and in the next 18 years printed
there some 40 incunabula at 1st mainly classics,
afterwards legal and miscellanaous books.
1487 - Though the woodcuts are now judged to be poorly
executed. The reflect the contemporary view that they could
be an important supplement to the commentary by
clarifying themes depicted in the text.
1493 Venice: Matteo di Parma - with illustrations
similar to those in the Benali ed of 1491 it has been
judged the most successful of the 15th C. illust. ed., largely
because of the rich decor of the illustrations, the freshness
of the woodcuts and the superior typographic execution.
1477 ed. Jacopo della Lana - the earliest full commentary
on the Commedia - The first 3 known commentaries were
limited to the Inferno.
11th ed. of the Divina Commedia, 3rd ed. of Landino's commentary.
The Divine Commedy is a didectic allegory in 100 Cantos made up
of 14320 lines of poetry arranged in 3 line stanzas. The poet
describes his visionary travels during Easter of the year 1300.
-the only early Dante ed. with monumental full page illustrations -
Boninus's Dante provided the prototype for the iconography
of the illust. Venetian Dante editions of the 1490s.