Giovanni Antonio Volpi
Giovanni Antonio Volpi (1686-1717) was an Italian editor, publisher and poet.
He was born in Padua. In 1717, along with his brother Gaetano and the engraver , 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.[1]
References[]
- ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 654.
Categories:
- 1686 births
- 1717 deaths
- Italian publishers (people)
- Italian poets
- People from Padua