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Dante Alighieri - Cristoforo Landino - Dante Alighieri - Cristoforo Landino (Firenze 1265 - Ravenna 1321) - Commentary by Christophoro Landino Fiorentino on the Comedy of Danthe Alighieri Florentine poet, 1481. Florence, Nicolò di Lorenzo dalla Magna, 1481. In 2°. 416 x 285 mm. Two illustrations in the text at the beginning of the cantos of the Inferno, one on f. a1 and the other on f. b1, by Baccio Baldini based on DRAWINGS BY BOTTICELLI, first and last fascicle with shorter f. perhaps from another copy, marginal restorations on some f., SPLENDID BINDING OF THE ARMS OF THE MARQUIS GIROLAMO D'ADDA , signed Binda (Milan), with gold decorations on the covers and spine, later perhaps merged with that of the English bibliophile Charles Fairfax Murray; noble coat of arms printed on the first and last f. by WALTER ASHBURNER , Florence.