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[Classics] Dante, 1858-1862

Francesco : da Buti. Commento sopra la Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri / di Francesco da Buti ; pubblicato per cura di Crescentino Giannini. Vol I (III). Pisa : f.lli Nistri, 1858 (1862)

3 vols 4to, contemporary quartes stiff vellum on paper boards, vol I: pp. XXXVI, 864, 2 plates (Portraits of Dante and Francesco Buti); vol II: pp. 825, x; vol III: pp. 902.



Rare Edition of Dante Masterpiece, printed in 300 copies, with the commentary of Francesco Da Buti, an Italian literary critic and Latinist, one of the first commentators on the Divine Comedy. .


The structure of the Commentary provides, for each song, the division into two "lessons", each of which is divided into "parts". Each "part" contains the explanation of a certain number of triplets.

In commenting Inferno ( Hell), da Buti clearly separates the literary explanation - in the form of paraphrase - from the allegorical interpretation. In the commentary on the two subsequent canticles the "literal exposition" is instead merged "together with the text and allegories".