Italian scholar (1690–1788)
Domenico Maria Manni (8 April 1690 – 30 November 1788) was an Italian polymath, editor, and publisher.
Biography.
Domenico Maria Manni was born in Florence in April 1690. His father was a typesetter at a printer's shop. Domenico Maria became a member of the Accademia della Crusca, and Director of the Biblioteca Strozzi, and is known for his zealous drive to edit and publish works on a very wide diversity of subjects. He edited early Italian texts and published works of antiquarian and literary scholarship, including an important "Istoria del Decamerone" (1742). His "Veglie piacevoli, ovvero notizie de' più bizzarri e giocondi uomini toscani", in the style of Boccaccio, was dismissed by Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti.
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