Francesco Del Furia

Francesco Del Furia (28 December 1777- 19 October 1856) was an Italian scholar and librarian of the Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence.

At the age of 11, because of his skills with Latin, he was brought to meet the librarian of the Laurentian Library, Angiolo Maria Bandini, who was vacationing in this town.

With the encouragement of doctor Luigi Tramontanni and professor Migliorotto Maccioni, his parents were induced to allow him to move to Florence with Bandini.

In 1798, he moved to Florence to learn Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic languages under Cesare Malanima and Padre Tacci.

In the meantime, the suppression of various monasteries including San Marco enlarged the ancient codex collections of the Laurentian Library.