Bartolommeo Gamba
Bartolommeo Gamba (born May 16, 1766 in Bassano del Grappa , † May 3, 1841 in Venice ) was an Italian bibliographer and biographer .
Gamba came to the Remondini family's printing works in Bassano del Grappa as an assistant at the age of ten, where he trained as a bibliographer through private diligence. After Remondini's death, he founded his own bookstore in Padua and subsequently acquired the printing press in Venice, known as Alvisopoli . In 1811 he was appointed censor of the Adriatic provinces, later vice librarian of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, and died there on May 3, 1841.
Publications (selection)
His main works are:
- Series dell 'edizioni dei testi di lingua italiana (Bassano 1805; 4th edition, Venice 1839)
- Narrazione de 'Bassanesi illustri (Bassano 1807)
- Galleria dei letterati ed artisti illustri delle provincie venete nel secolo XVIII (with Negri and Zendrini, Venice 1824, 2 vols.)
- Elogi d 'illustri Italiani (Venice 1829)
- Catalogo delle piu importanti edizioni della Divina Commedia (Padua 1832)
- Bibliografia delle novelle italiane in prosa (2nd edition, Florence 1835)
A collection of smaller works appeared under the title: Alcune operette (Milan 1827).
literature
- Guido Gregorio Fagioli Vercellone: Gamba, Bartolomeo. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 51: Gabbiani-Gamba. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1998.
Web links
- Publications by Bartolomeo Gamba in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale
- Gamba . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 6, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 886.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gamba, Bartolommeo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gamba, Bartholomeo; Gamba, Bartolomeo; Gamba, Bartolo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian bibliographer and biographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bassano del Grappa |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1841 |
| Place of death | Venice |