Antonio Cesari - La Divina Commedia - 1826

Precious eighteenth-century edition printed in Naples in 1826, containing the famous Dantean commentary by the Veronese abbot Antonio Cesari, one of the leading exponents of linguistic Purism in Italy. The work is structured as erudite dialogues set in Verona at the end of the eighteenth century. Cesari analyzes the Divine Comedy from a stylistic and literary standpoint, extolling the purity of the thirteenth/fourteenth-century Tuscan language and Dante Alighieri's extraordinary poetic capacity. This Neapolitan reprint follows, shortly after, the first unobtainable Veronese edition (1824-1826). [1] (https://www.editriceantenore.com/prodotto/bellezze-della-commedia-di-dante-
Composition of the Lot (Lot Precious eighteenth-century edition printed in Naples in 1826, containing the famous Dantean commentary by the Veronese abbot Antonio Cesari, one of the leading exponents of linguistic Purism in Italy. The work is structured as erudite dialogues set in Verona at the end of the eighteenth century. Cesari analyzes the Divine Comedy from a stylistic and literary point of view, praising the purity of the thirteenth/ fourteenth-century Tuscan language and Dante Alighieri’s extraordinary poetic ability. This Neapolitan reprint follows closely the first unobtainable Veronese edition (1824-1826)

Composition of the Lot (Lot Complete) The present offer includes 5 volumes out of 6 total that constitute this specific issue, thus divided: Volume One & Volume Two: Containing the Inferno cantica with its respective commentary. Volume Four: Containing part of the Purgatorio. (Note: Volume Three, not present, completed the cantica of the Purgatorio). Volume Five & Volume Six: Containing the cantica of the Paradiso with its respective commentary.) The present offer includes 5 volumes out of 6 total that constitute this specific issue, thus divided: Volume One & Volume Two: Containing the Inferno cantica with its respective commentary. Volume Four: Containing part of the Purgatorio. (Note: the Volume Three, not present, completed the cantica of the Purgatorio). Volume Five & Volume Six: Containing the cantica of the Paradiso with its respective commentary.