Girolamo Tiraboschi

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Girolamo Tiraboschi
Born18 December 1731 Edit this on Wikidata
Bergamo, Republic of Venice
Died9 June 1794 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 62)
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
NationalityItalian
OccupationLibrarian, historian, writer Edit this on Wikidata
WorksStoria della letteratura italiana Edit this on Wikidata

Girolamo Tiraboschi

S.J. (Italian: [dʒiˈrɔːlamo tiraˈbɔski, -bos-];[1][2] 18 December 1731 – 9 June 1794) was an Italian literary critic, the first historian of Italian literature
.

Biography

Born in

Jesuit college in Monza, entered the order, and was appointed in 1755 professor of eloquence in the University of Milan. There he produced (1766–1768) Vetera humiliatorum monumenta (3 vols), a history of the extinct order of the Humiliati, which made his literary reputation.[3]

Nominated in 1770 as librarian to

Etruscans to the end of the 17th century is traced in detail, occupied eleven years, 1771–1782, and the thirteen quarto volumes embodying it appeared successively in Modena during that period.[3]

A second enlarged edition (16 vols) was issued from 1787 to 1794, and was succeeded by many others, besides abridgments in German, French and English. Tiraboschi died in Modena on 3 June 1794, leaving a high reputation for virtue, learning and piety.[3]

Tiraboschi also wrote, among many other works:

  • Biblioteca modenese (6 vols, 1781–1786)
  • Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1786). Societa Tipografica (ed.). Notizie de' pittori, scultori, incisori, ed architetti modenesi. Modena.
  • Memorie storiche modenesi (5 vols, 1793–1794)

He edited the Nuovo giornale dei letterati d'Italia (1773–1790), and left materials for a work of great research entitled Dizionario topografico-storico degli stati estensi (2 vols, 1824–1825),

Selected publications

Notes

  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Girolamo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Tiraboschi". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
Attribution

References

  • Da Pozzo, G. (2002). "Tiraboschi, Girolamo". The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  • Balduino, Armando; (Vittore Branca, ed.) (1973) Dizionario critico della letteratura italiana. Torino: UTET; vol. III, 502-506: Tiraboschi, Girolamo.
  • Binni, Walter; (Emilio Cecchi & Natalino Sapegno, eds.) (1966) Storia della letteratura italiana . Milano: Garzanti; vol. VI, 628-630: La critica fra Illuminismo e Preromanticismo: Bettinelli e Baretti.
  • Zucchi, Enrico (2019). "TIRABOSCHI, Girolamo". .