Giuseppe Primoli

Count Giuseppe Napoleone Primoli (in French, Joseph Napoléon Primoli; 2 May 1851 in Rome – 13 June 1927 in Rome) was an Italian nobleman, collector and photographer.

His parents were Pietro Primoli, Count of Foglia (1820–1883)[1] and Charlotte Bonaparte ('Carlotta', 4 March 1832 – 10 September 1901).

He befriended writers and artists both in Italy and France, and was host to Guy de Maupassant, Paul Bourget, Alexandre Dumas fils, Sarah Bernhardt and others in Palazzo Primoli in Rome.

[1] Primoli was a bibliophile and collector, who assembled a large collection of books and prints.

His brother Luigi left him his photographic archive when he died 1925.