Gian Pietro Bergantini - Voci scoperti e difficoltà incontrate sul Vocabolario Ultimo della Crusca - 1758

"Voices discovered and difficulties encountered on the Vocabolario ultimo della Crusca" by Gian Pietro Bergantini,
Venice 1758.

Before you lies not an ordinary book, but a living witness to the battles for the purity of the language.

Published in the mystical Venice of the year 1758 in the historic Stamperia Radiciana, is "Voci scoperte e difficoltà incontrate..." the pulsating work of Gian Pietro Bergantini.

This copy is a treasure for the soul of every bibliophile: a critical treatise and a collection of hidden words that defied the colossal dictionary of the Accademia della Crusca.

It is not merely paper and ink from the 18th century; it is the echo of an era in which every word was an art, a debate and a revolution.

• Title: Voci scoperte e difficoltà incontrate sul Vocabolario ultimo della Crusca
• Author: Gian Pietro Bergantini
• Year of publication: 1758 (MDCCLVIII)
• Place of printing & publisher: Venice (In Venezia), Stamperia Radiciana
• Topic: Philology and linguistic history of the Italian language (critique and additions to the standard dictionary of the Crusca).

Pagination (collation):

• Total extent: The work comprises 125 pages in the historical octavo format (8°).

Structure of the book:

• Preface: 10 unnumbered pages (title page, dedication, foreword and printer’s permission).

25x17 cm