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[Classics] Dante (Foscolo), 1842

Alighieri, Dante. La Commedia di Dante Allighieri / illustrata da Ugo Foscolo. Londra : Rolandi, 1842-1843.

4to, 4 volums bounded in two, contemporary stiff vellum.

FIRST EDITION of the Divine Comedy edited by Ugo Foscolo. Foscolo began working on this project as early as 1820 but only the first volume (of the 5 that originally had to compose the work) was published in 1825 before his death. The preface to this edition bears the signature 'Un Italiano';
the publisher is in fact Giuseppe Mazzini, who carried out the original intentions of Foscolo and published the work following the papers left by him.