[Dante] Giambullari, Pier Francesco. De'l Sito, Forma, & Misure, dello Inferno di Dante
Florence: Neri Dortelata, 1544. First edition. 8vo. 153, (15) pp. Illustrated with woodcut printer's device on title-page and verso of terminal leaf, as well as 11 in-text woodcuts (depicting the circles and structure of Hell). In period style full limp vellum; intermittent spotting and foxing to text; old ownership signature at bottom of title-page.
A fine copy of this curious work on the structure and dimensions of Dante's Hell, by Italian writer and teacher Pier Francesco Giambullari.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller