THIS EXHIBITION presents Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection at the University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library. The Zahm collection ranks among the top Dante collections in North America. Purchased for the most part by Zahm in 1902 from the Italian Dantophile Giulio Acquaticci, the 15th- and 16th- century imprints presented here form the heart of Zahm's collection, which totals nearly 3,000 volumes, including rare editions and critical studies from the Renaissance to the present. The nine incunable editions and nearly complete series of 16th-century imprints featured in this exhibit constitute essential primary sources for both the history of Dante's reception during the Renaissance and the early history of the printed book.

The concentrated Dante collection at Notre Dame is nicely complemented by the wide-ranging holdings of The Newberry Library in Renaissance literature and history, and especially for the history of printing and publishing. These two rich and varied collections have often been used by Dantists in the Midwest and from abroad. The complementarity of the collections is mirrored in the formal cooperation of Notre Dame and The Newberry Library through the consortium of The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies, of which Notre Dame has been an active member since 1983. The exhibit was originally held at the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Notre Dame, October 15 - December 15, 1993 and the Newberry Library between 15 April - 15 June, 1994, and has been produced in expanded form for Internet publication by a collaboration between the William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies, University of Notre Dame and the ARTFL Project of the University of Chicago. The Devers Program, the ARTFL Project, and the Newberry Library are proud to welcome you to Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629).

Proceed to:

Main Exposition of Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)

• Introduction
• Dante Incunabula
• Dante Editions from 1502 to 1629

Index

• List of Editions
• Search

Supplements

• Chronology of Dante Alighieri
• History of Dante Title Pages
• Dante's Hell
• History of the Zahm Dante Collection at Notre Dame

Acknowledgments

• Acknowledgments

The WWW version of this exhibition is a collaboration between:

This on-line exhibition exists to serve your interests and research needs. If you have any questions or would like more information about any of the material presented here, please feel free to contact us by e-mail via the Internet:

Theodore Cachey, Department of Romance Languages, University of Notre Dame, Theodore.Cachey.1@nd.edu
Louis Jordan, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame, Louis.E.Jordan.1@nd.edu