FIVE ITALIAN GILT TOOLED LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES BY DANTE ALIGHIERI, 18TH CENTURY, comprising three volumes of the first three tomes of, "LA DIVINA COMMEDIA CON VARIE ANNOTAZIONI, E COPIOSI RAMI ADORNATA. / DEDICATA ALL SAGRA IMPERIAL MAESTA DI ELISABETTA PETROWNA IMPERATRICE DI TUTTE LE RUSSIE ec.ec.ec. / D AL CONTE DON CRISTOFORO ZAPATA DE CISNEROS. / TOMO PRIMO. / IN VENEZIA,/ MDCCLVII. (1757) / PRESSO ANTONIO ZATTA. / CON PRIVILEGIO DELL' ECCELLENTISS. SENATO.," with title page, page with portrait engraving of Tsarina Elizabeth Petrovna and page with Dedication Sonetto in the "TOMO PRIMO" only, Tomos Secondo and Terzo have title pages and all three tomos have the cantos with relevant engraving for each, within gilt tooled trimmed tan leather front and back boards flanking a seven sectioned spine with gilt stylized radiating star ovals and "DANTE / I," for the Tomo Primo, and matching detailed Tomo Secondo and Tomo Terzo, each opening to colorful marbleized board and fly page and ending in same with back board, each retaining applied rectangular engraved armorial crest of "C.W.H. Sotheby," height: 11 3/8", width: 8 3/8"; together with two volumes of "TOMO QUARTO," "PARTE PRIMA," and "PARTE SECONDA," with title pages, "PROSE, E RIME LIRICHE / EDITE ED INEDITE DI DANTE ALIGHIERI, CON COPIOSE ED ERUDITE AGGIUNTE. / TOMO QUARTO / PARTE PRIMA.' (second volume) "PARTE SECONDA," / IN VENEZIA / MDCCLVIII (1758) / APPRESSO ANTONIO ZATTA. / CON PRIVILEGIO DELL' ECCELLENTISS. SENATO," followed by appropriate chapters with engravings, and Parte Seconda, page 19, includes a genealogical chart for the Dante Allighieri Florentino family, within matching gilt tooled tan leather front and back boards flanking the seven sectioned spine, opening to matching marbleized board with applied armorial crest label of "C.W.H. Sotheby," and fly page, ending in same back board, height: 11 3/8", width: 8 3/8".