Lodovico Ricci (1742–1799) was an

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historian and economist. He was born in Chiari (modern

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), and held different posts in the

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, chiefly connected with charity organisations and taxation. He published the geographical treaty ''Corografia dei Territori di Modena, Reggio e degli altri Stati già appartenenti alla Casa d'Este'', in which are described the main localities of the

. In 1787 he wrote also ''Riforma de' pii Istituti della Città di Modena'', a monograph with historic, economics and scientific statistics.

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1742 births 1799 deaths Writers from the Province of Brescia Italian economists 18th-century Italian historians {{Italy-economist-stub