Ongoing Project: An Illustrated Copy-census of Dante, Comedia, Florence, 1481 with engravings by Botticelli

Author(s): Cristina Dondi

Publication date: July 1, 2021

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Abstract

The 1481 edition of La Comedia was printed in Florence by Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus. It contains 19 copper engravings attributed to Baccio Baldini from designs by Sandro Botticelli, to accompany the first 19 Cantos of the Inferno. Some 166 copies survive around the world, from Japan to California, from Athens to Minsk.

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