Dante's Divine Comedy (Tri-Co)

The first printed edition of Dante's Divine Comedy is dated April 11, 1472 in Foligno, Italy by printer Johann Neumeister. The type was designed by the goldsmith and papal mint-master Emiliano Orfini. It was printed in Orfini’s palace by Neumeister with the assistance of his friend Evangelista Angelini of Trevi, who had introduced printing to Foligno in 1470. All three cantiche (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) appear in one volume and each is begun with a hand-illuminated initial. Rubricated letters begin each canto. The volume is bound in fine 18th-century leather with gilt tooling and is housed in a similar slipcase.

Cristoforo Landino's commentary dates from 1481, presented here in a 1578 Italian edition.

The first volume contains the Inferno, the second Purgatorio and Paradiso, and the third volume has Poggiali's life of Dante and commentary, 1726.

Translation into English by Henry Francis Cary, 1845.

1911 edition notable for its small size: 7 cm.