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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731–1794)

Tiraboschi, Girolamo (tē-rä-bos’kē). An Italian historian of literature; born at Bergamo, Dec. 28, 1731; died at Modena, June 3, 1794. He wrote a celebrated ‘History of Italian Literature’ (14 vols., 1772–82), a work of wonderful erudition and range. Among his other writings are: ‘Historical Memoirs of Modena’ (4 vols., 1793–94).