Il Caffè
| Founder | Pietro Verri |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1764 |
| First issue | June 1764 |
| Final issue | May 1766 |
| Based in | Milan |
| Language | Italian |
| ISSN | 1125-0178 |
Il Caffè (Italian, 'The Coffeehouse') was magazine headquartered in Milan between 1764 and 1766. It was the most significant publication of the Enlightenment period in the country.
History and profile
Il Caffè was first published in June 1764.[1] The founders were the brothers Alessandro and Pietro Verri.[2][3] They also directed the magazine, which took inspiration from the English literary journals The Spectator and The Tatler.[1][4] To evade Austrian censorship, the magazine was printed in Brescia (then belonging to the Republic of Venice). Il Caffè covered articles concerning economics, agronomy, natural history and medicine.[3] The most known contributor of Il Caffè was Cesare Beccaria, a philosopher and economist.[2][4] Among its other contributors were the economists Gian Rinaldo Carli, Carlo Sebastiano Franci and Alfonso Longo, the mathematician Paolo Frisi, the polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich and the optician François de Baillou. The magazine was folded in May 1766 due to the disputes between Verri and Beccaria.[3]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Giovanni Pasquali (13 February 2021). "Il Caffè: momento di pausa, momento per discutere". Il Basso Adige. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 "Italian literature: The Enlightenment (Illuminismo)". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Caffè, Il". Treccani (in italiano).
- ^ 4.0 4.1 "Cesare Beccaria: Early life". Encyclopedia Britannica.
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