Giuseppe Valletta

Giuseppe Valletta (6 October 1636 – 16 May 1714) was an Italian philosopher, lawyer, jurist and scholar.

In 1663 he, Francesco D'Andrea and others formed the Accademia degli Investiganti, which gave added impetus to the cultural renewal of southern Italy in the last decades of the 17th century.

In 1681 he paid to found a chair in ancient Greek at the University of Naples, putting his own tutor and friend Gregorio Messere in charge of teaching.

[2] He gathered a library of 18,000 books which became known as the Helluo librorum et Secli Peireskius alter.

[3] After Valletta's death in Naples, Giambattista Vico's efforts ensured that the library was merged into the Biblioteca dei Girolamini.