Flaxman, John, 1755-1826, La Divina comedia di Dante Alighieri , 1793
- Title(s):
- La Divina comedia di Dante Alighieri : cioé l'Inferno, il Purgatorio, ed il Paradiso / composto da Giovanni Flaxman, scultore inglese ; ed inciso da Tommaso Piroli Romano.
- Additional Title(s):
- Divina commedia.
- Published/Created:
- Amsterdam : In possesso di Tommaso Hope ..., 1793.
- Physical Description:
- [111] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 18 x 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPQ4329 F53 1793[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/580388
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BAC: British Art Center copy is one of several privately printed, probably dating from 1793-1800. Like the earliest printings, this copy is printed on paper with Honig watermark & with leaves cropped close to platemark. Unlike earliest printings though, this copy includes engraved inscriptions at bottom of plates. cf. Bentley, Gerald. N̲Y̲P̲L̲ B̲u̲l̲l̲e̲t̲i̲n̲, vol. 68 (1964), pp. 369-375. Extra illustrated with pencil sketch by Flaxman tipped in at plate 25 of the Inferno. Owned by Flaxman & sold at Christie's auction of his "drawings and ... remaining works" on 26-27 Feb. 1883 (lot 265).
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Contains 38 designs from the Inferno, 33 designs from the Paradiso, 39 designs from the Purgatorio. - Subject Terms:
- Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321. Divina commedia -- Illustrations.Etching -- Specimens -- 1793.Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831 -- Publisher.
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