Who was Dragonetti mentioned in Common Sense by Thomas Payne?

Answer 1

Giacinto Dragonetti (1738-1818) served as Italian consul to Sicily and eventually became president of the Royal Court of Sicily. His Treatise of Virtues and Rewards was originally published in Naples in 1765 and was written translated into English in a London edition in 1769. The Treatise was written in response to Beccaria's influential On Crimes and Punishments (Livorno, 1764). Both works were read by politicians and intellectuals in Europe and America.

footnote on pg. 74
from the book Common Sense, by Thos. Payne
edited by Edward Larkin, (C) 2004
ISBN 1-55111-571-9

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