Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Comparetti, Domenico, was born in 1835 at Rome. In 1859 professor of Greek at Pisa, he exchanged that appointment for a similar one in the Instituto di Studii Superiori at Florence. While here he began to publish various papers of a philological character in the learned journals. He is best known through his Virgilio nel Medio Evo; also Researches Concerning the Book of Sindibad, published by the Folklore Society in 1882.