Domenico Maria Manni

Domenico Maria Manni (8 April 1690 – 30 November 1788) was an Italian polymath, editor, and publisher.

Domenico Maria Manni was born in Florence in April 1690.

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.