Bodoni, GIAMBATTISTA, a distinguished Italian printer, born in Piedmont in 1740, settled at Parma in 1768, and died at Padua in 1813. His edition of the Iliad and of Virgil, as also his Lord's Prayer in 155 languages, are admired for their elegance. See the Life by Bernardi (1873).
Bodoni, GIAMBATTISTA
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