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Beginning in the early 1720s, Zanetti collaborated with his elder cousin on the edition of a two-volume work illustrating the classical sculpture conserved in the
Venetian public collections. For this work, Zanetti provided many of the drawings of the statues. The engraving plates were made primarily
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In 1736, Tiepolo also asked
Zanetti, together with Antonio Bongiovanni, to catalogue the manuscripts in the library. Zanetti was subsequently nominated custodian of the library, in 1737, when the position became vacant. The catalogs of the Greek, Latin, and vernacular codices, published in 1740 and
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Antonio Maria was born in the parish of San
Giacomo dell'Orio in Venice on 1 January 1706. He was the elder of two sons. The family of his father, Alessandro Zanetti, belonged to the citizen class, whereas the family of his mother, Antonia Limonti, originated in Milan. At an unknown later date, the
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family transferred to the parish of Santa Maria Mater Domini. As a youth, Antonio Maria studied with the
Jesuits. He had a particular aptitude for the classics and over time, became proficient in Greek. He also learned to paint under the guidance of
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1741, contain descriptions of 1356 codices. With respect to the previous 'catalogues', printed inventories, the new catalogues followed modern guidelines and constituted a considerable development in providing readers with bibliographical material.
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Delle antiche statue greche e romane, che nell'antisala della
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La libreria di san Marco: libri, lettori, societĂ nella
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The manuscript is conserved in BNM ms. It. IV, 122 (=5101).
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Zanetti, Girolamo, 'Memoria', in Antonio Maria Zanetti,
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