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Marco Lastri (6 March 1731 – 24 December 1811) was an eclectic and polymath writer, active in
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Biography

Born to in the quartiere of Santa Croce, Florence, to a family of limited means, his education led towards an ecclesiastical career, studying at the Collegio Eugeniano affiliated with the cathedral for nine years. After becoming a priest, he attended the seminary of the diocese, where he met the fellow scholar Giovanni Maria Lampredi, future professor at the
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for canon law and public rights. Obtaining in 1756 a degree from the Collegio Teologico dello Studio Fiorentino. That year he published epithalamic sonnets celebrating the marriage of G. Dini and the marchesa Teresa Gerini. In 1759 he was granted a position at the Pieve dei San Giovanni e Lorenzo at
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, and he pursued in their archives: ''
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'' (1761). With the arrival of the progressive Habsburg-Lorraine Grand-Dukes, Lastri joined a large academic, multivolume effort, under their patronage, to eulogize famous Tuscans. For example, Lastri wrote the biography of Machiavelli for the series. He published some criticism of the contemporary writer
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(1697-1770), founder of the Novelle Letterarie. In 1772, Lastri returned to Florence to a local ecclesiastical position associated with the cathedral. He became a member of the
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in 1770, and of the
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and the Accademia dell'Agricoltura of Padua in 1773. Agricultural sciences remained an interest for him for years. In 1774, he published a popularly successful work on agronomic theories and economies abiding in Europe. In 1776, he published a six-volume set of observations on cultural monuments and buildings in Florence, which proved as a guide for the sophisticated foreign travelers. The work, titled , with the help of Giuseppe del Rosso, continued to be published for some decades. In 1781, he caused displeasure of the Grand Duke Peter Leopold for publishing some satirical comments in a gazette published by Giovanni Allegrini. His enthusiasm for writing never diminished, writing on diverse subjects such as culture and economics. In the 19th century, he continued to publish works on agricultural topics, translations, and religious works. He died in Sant'Ilario a Settimo in 1811.


Major works

*'' Rules for landowners'' or Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare, 1793. *. 1763
''L'osservatore fiorentino sugli edifizi della sua patria''
printed by Giuseppe and Pietro Allegrini, 1776, Florence. *. Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare, 1793. *. Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare, 1793. *'' Castagnajo's calendar'' or . Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare. *Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare, 1793 *'' Veterinary and georgic recipes'' or Venice: Printed in Graziosi, Sant'Apollinare, 1793.


Note

* * Paraphrase from Italian Wikipedia entry {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastri Marco 1731 births 1811 deaths Italian biographers Italian agronomists 18th-century Italian writers 18th-century Italian male writers Writers from Florence