Anna Welch: The Dante Holdings from the State Library of Victoria

The State Library Victoria (SLV) has rich holdings of material related to Dante in their collections. In this lecture, Anna Welch will take us through some of the highlights of the SLV collection, from 16th-century Italian editions to contemporary Australian artists’ books by artists such as Bruno Leti, Peter Lyssiostis, Angela Cavalieri and Alex Selenitsch, with a special feature on the exciting recent acquisition of Tom Phillips’ ‘Inferno’. Dr Anna Welch is Senior Librarian of History of the Book & Arts at State Library Victoria. She is co-curator of the library’s ‘World of the Book’ exhibition, which this year features a special focus on Dante, including prints on loan from the NGV collection. Anna has researched and published across a number of interests, including book history, medieval manuscripts, early printing, and medieval Italian culture. Part of 3MBS Dante700 Festival.