DANTE. De la volgare eloquenzia. Vicenza,... - Lot 17 - Audap & Associés

DANTE. De la volgare eloquenzia. Vicenza, Tolomeo Janiculo da Bressa, June 1529; in-folio of [26] ff. in contemporary soft vellum bindings, some browning, fragment of spine detached. First edition of this rare text written by Dante in Latin around 1303-1304, here translated into Italian by Giovanni Giorgio Trissino. It is considered considered to be the basis of the great linguistic and reforming work accomplished by the poet. The Latin text was not published until 1577. This first volume was printed by Tolomo Janiculo with the very beautiful CANCELLARESQUE ENGRAVED BY LODOVICO DEGLI ARRIGHI. It uses, for the first time, the new typeface proposed by Trissino. All the letters o are omega. Bound afterwards, printed with the same font, a pamphlet relating to the same subject: DIALOGO DEL TRISSINO INTITULATO IL CASTELLANE, nel quale si tratta de la lingua italiana. Ibid, id. undated; [20] leaves. Large and beautiful mark of Janiculo on each title page. Passionate about the great models of antiquity, Trissino was the author of one of the first classical tragedies, Sophonisba.