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TIRABOSCHI, GIROLAMO (1731—1794)

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TIRABOSCHI, See also:GIROLAMO (1731—1794) , the first historian of See also:Italian literature, was See also:born at See also:Bergamo on the 18th of See also:December 1731. He studied at the Jesuit See also:college at See also:Monza, entered the See also:order, and was appointed in 1755 See also:professor of eloquence in the university of See also:Milan. Here he produced (1766—1768) Vetera humiliatorum monumenta (3 vols.), a See also:history of the See also:extinct order of the See also:Humiliati, which made his See also:literary reputation. Nominated in 1770 librarian to See also:Francis III., See also:duke of See also:Modena, he turned to See also:account the copious materials there accumulated forthe See also:composition of his Storia della letteratura ilaliana. This vast See also:work, in which Italian literature from the See also:time of the Etruscans to the end of the 17th See also:century is traced in detail, occupied eleven years, 1771—1782, and the thirteen See also:quarto volumes embodying it appeared successively at Modena during that See also:period. A second enlarged edition (16 vols.) was issued from 1787 to 1794, and was succeeded by many others, besides abridgments in See also:German, See also:French and See also:English. Tiraboschi died at Modena on the 3rd of See also:June 1794, leaving a high reputation for virtue, learning and piety. Tiraboschi wrote besides Biblioteca modenese (6 vols., 1781—1786) ; Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, ed architetti modenesi (1786) ; Memorie storiche modenesi (5 vols., 1793-1794), and many See also:minor See also:works. He edited the Nuovo giornale dei letterati d'Italia (1773–1790), and See also:left materials for a work of See also:great See also:research entitled Dizionario topografico-storico degli stati estensi (2 vols.

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