Opere del divino poeta Danthe con i suoi commenti: recorrecti et con ogne diligentia novamente in littera cursiva impresse

Opere del divino poeta Danthe con i suoi commenti: recorrecti et con ogne diligentia novamente in littera cursiva impresse

Venice:

Bernardino Stagnino da Trino,

1512

First Stagnino edition of the Commedia, and the first to combine quarto format and italic type. This is also the first edition in which the adjective "divino" appears in the title: used here by the printer Stagnino to define Dante, this famous epithet was eventually transferred from the poet to the poem in the title of Giolito's edition of 1555. The adjective was originally introduced by Boccaccio to refer to the Commedia in his famous commentary, composed around 1351-55 and first printed in 1477. Dante and his poem have been called "divine" (or variations of this adjective, such as "venerabile" or "divo") ever since, but Stagnino was the first printer who adopted this adjective in the title of a printed edition.

From the Collection of Rick Davis

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54548119402_2531d98c2b_o.jpg