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Excerpt from A Translation of the Quaestio De Aqua Et Terra: With a Discussion of Its AuthenticityIt is true that no ancient biographer or commentator mentions or alludes to this work. But, assuming the account given on the face Of it to be true, the discussion was held only about eighteen months before Dante's death, and there is no reason to suppose that it was ever put forth or published by him (whatever publication may have meant in those days). Probably, like a Paper read before a Society, or the ms. Of a Lecture, the document was afterwards thrown aside and forgotten or mislaid, until (according to the account given) it was accidentally unearthed two centuries later. Such things have often happened in other cases, and in respect of works of much greater importance and general interest than this. It must be remembered also that the subject was highly technical, and one that would appeal to a very limited and special class of readers or hearers. We need not be surprised if the learned author was not requested to publish his interesting discourse, ' and if no one took the trouble to copy it (even if any one had the chance), or if it never came to the knowledge of any early writer about Dante, none of their works (be it noted) falling within forty years or so of his death.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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