81/2508 [Aldus]. Dante Alighieri. Dante col sito et forma dell'Inferno. Venice, heirs of Aldus, 1515, 2 (of 3) woodcut printer's marks (on second title recto and on final leaf verso, (2),144,(2) lvs., 1 double-p. woodcut map of Hell, 1 double-p. woodcut diagram of the sins of Hell and a single-p. diagram of sins in Purgatory, late 19th cent. giltlettered crushed brown mor. by (signed illegibly), richly gilt inside dentelles, gauffered edges.

- The general title w. vague traces of former bookplate, which has been removed, resulting in loss of most of the first Aldine printer's mark; tiny hole in lower margin of general title; modern owner's entry and two brown stains on first blank; annot. in ballpoint on final free endpaper; later (18th cent.?) scattered annots. in pen and ink in margins; occas. foxed in blank margins.

= Renouard p.73, 8; Sander 2321. The first Aldine edition of Dante to include illustrations. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.