... a French officer, quite a gentleman and scholar, an Italian artist and a litterateur,—the latter Signor Ottavio Gigli. With him I became quite well acquainted. He took me, on his arrival in Florence , to old Abbate Missirini, and to the Marquesa Luzaris, and has given me a letter to Giordani. I found Gigli quietly engaged in literary pursuits, one of which is so akin to yours that I am anxious ...