Domenico Maria Manni
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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.[1] 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.
