Giovanni Antonio Volpi
Italian literary critic, publisher and poet
About Giovanni Antonio Volpi
Lived 1686 – 1766 (aged 79). Giovanni Antonio Volpi was an Italian literary critic, publisher and poet.
Giovanni Antonio Volpi (1686–1766) was an Italian editor, publisher and poet.
He was born in Padua. In 1717, along with his brother Gaetano and the engraver Giuseppe Comino, they founded a publishing house and book shop under the name of Libreria Cominiana or Volpi-Comminiana. The print specialized in high quality classics. Volpi studied philosophy and rhetoric and became a professor emeritus at the University of Padua.
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Italian literary critic, publisher and poet
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Giovanni Antonio Volpi was born on 10 November 1686 in Padua.
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Giovanni Antonio Volpi died on 25 October 1766 in Padua.
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Giovanni Antonio Volpi was a literary critic, publisher and poet.
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Giovanni Antonio Volpi was Italian.
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