This section contains the introductory publishing details and metadata for the electronic edition of Divina Commedia di Dante Inferno. It outlines the distribution terms and conditions under the Project Gutenberg License stating that the ebook is available for free use within the United States and most other parts of the world with minimal restrictions. It also provides bibliographic information including the author Dante Alighieri the initial release date of August 1 1997 and the most recent update date of April 10 2021 along with the language specified as Italian.
Following the legal and publishing notices the text provides a complete table of contents for the first cantica of the work. It lists all thirty four cantos of the Inferno sequentially beginning with Canto I and concluding with Canto XXXIV. This index serves as a structural guide to the entire volume outlining the organizational layout of the poetic text that follows.