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X, 340 S. / p. Leinen / Cloth laminiert.

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sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - PREFACE -- Our original intention was merely to furnish a critical edition, with a translation and commentary, of the poetical correspondence between Dante and Del Virgilio. But a close study of Del Virgilio?s poem addressed to Mussato, with a view to the discovery of matter illustrative of his correspondence with Dante, convinced us that Dante students would be glad to be able to read it in its entirety. And when we found ourselves thus including the greater part of Del Virgilio?s extant work in our book, the pious act of collecting the rest of his poetic remaihs naturally suggested itself; and so our project took the shape of an edition of Dante?s Latin Eclogues and of the poetic remains of Del Virgilio. -- The inclusion in our work of the Epistle to Mussato made some introductory account of the Paduan poet necessary; and his striking personality, together with the many resemblances and contrasts between his lot and that of Dante, encouraged us to think that such an account would be acceptable to our readers. The Prolegomena and Introduction, therefore, are grouped round the personalities of Mussato, Dante, and Del Virgilio, while certain matters less closely connected with our main subject, or at any rate more capable of isolation, have been thrown into the form of appendices.