Leonardo Cozzando (1620 – 1702) was an Italian writer.

Leonardo Cozzando
Born1620 Edit this on Wikidata
Rovato, Republic of Venice
Died7 February 1702 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 81–82)
Rovato, Republic of Venice
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata
De magisterio antiquorum philosophorum, Book I (1684)

When he was 12, he joined the Servite Order; in 1690 he became Provincial of the Order. He wrote and published a number of erudite works on various subjects. His most relevant work was the Libraria bresciana, published in 1694.[1]

Works edit

  • De magisterio antiquorum philosophorum (in Latin). Geneva: Samuel de Tournes. 1684.
  • Della libraria bresciana, nuovamente aperta (in Italian). Vol. 1. Brescia: Gio. Maria Rizzardi. 1685.
  • Libraria bresciana (in Italian). Brescia: Gio. Maria Rizzardi. 1694.
  • Vago, e curioso ristretto profano, e sagro dell'historia bresciana (in Italian). Brescia: Gio. Maria Rizzardi. 1694.

References edit

  1. ^ Franca Petrucci (1984). "COZZANDO, Leonardo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 30: Cosattini–Crispolto (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.