Maffei, FRANCESCO

SCIPIONE, MARCHESE DI, 1675-1755. Italian dramatist, antiquarian, and theologian. His tragedy, Mer ope, 1713, was highly valued. Verona Illustrated, West front of Notre Dame de Maestricht. 1732; Antiquities of Gaul , 1733; Grace , Free Will , and Predestination , 1742. Works , 21 vols., 1790.