Note 24 — Chapter VIII

L. Ranke’s academical treatise, Zur Geschichte der italienischen Poesie, Berlin, 1837, contains an excellent account of the elements and the development of the romantic epopee. The last edition of Morgante, which was first printed at Venice in 1481 and at Florence in the following year (Gamba, Testi di Lingua, p. 241 seq.) is that by P. Sermolli, published at Florence a few years ago. The oldest impression of the Reali di Francia is that published at Modena in 1491, ten years after Pulci’s poem.