DANTE ALIGHIERI. La divina commedi[a], Milan: Hoepli, 1878. 49 x 32mm., frontispiece portrait (final letter of title shaved by the binder), contemporary green morocco gilt (spine a trifle faded), gilt edges elegantly gauffered.

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DANTE ALIGHIERI. La divina commedi[a], Milan: Hoepli, 1878. 49 x 32mm., frontispiece portrait (final letter of title shaved by the binder), contemporary green morocco gilt (spine a trifle faded), gilt edges elegantly gauffered.

One of a thousand copies and one of the most celebrated miniature books of the nineteenth century. Mikrobiblion 77; Nauroy 45; Welsh 2168: "Named 'the famous Dantino'"; Spielmann 114: 'A very famous miniature edition'.

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