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ANDRES (1740-1817)  , Spanish Jesuit, was born at Planes in the province of Valencia, and became professor of literature at Gandia and finally royal librarian at Naples . He died at Rome on the 12th of January 1817 . He is the author of many miscellaneous treatises on science, music, the art of teaching the deaf and dumb, &c . But his chief work, the labour of fully twenty years, is entitled Dell' origine, progressi, e stato attuale d' ogni Letteratura (7 vols., Parma, 1782.–1799) . A Spanish translation by his brother Carlos appeared at Madrid between 1784 and 18o6, and an abridgment in French (1838–1846) was compiled by the Jesuit Alexis Nerbonne . The original was frequently reprinted during the first half of the 19th century . See C . Sommervogel, Bibliotheque de la compagnie de Jesus, premiere pantie (Brussels and Paris), vol. i. col . 342-350 .