Alighieri, Dante. (La Divina Commedia)

(Milan, Alfieri and Lacroix, 1902). Album w. 100 lithogr. postcards, ill. by A. Razzolini, heightened in gold, each w. one canto in four columns and miniature, historiated initial and rubrication. In contemp. vellum w. "Dante" on frontboard, hand-drawn title matching the illuminated interior, w. vellum cords and ties, oblong.

Without title p., likely as issued. Binding shabby and worn, pages loosening. Occas. sl. soiled. The text is transcribed according to the ancient Vulgate in 15th-cent. Gothic characters and the miniatures follow medieval examples. Rare.