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Pietro Fanfani (1815–1879)
Fanfani, Pietro (fän-fä’nē). An Italian philologist, humorist, and novelist (1815–79). His ‘Vocabulary of Tuscan Usage’ and other “vocabularies” are works of high authority. The ‘Writ at Random,’ and the whimsical satire ‘The Laughing Democritus: Literary Recreations,’ are specimens of his humor. His novels are: ‘Cecco of Ascoli’; ‘Paolina’; ‘The Coachman and his Family’; etc.