In 1761, together with his brother Alessandro, he founded a literary association, the Società dei Pugni ("Society of the Fists"), and, from 1764, published the magazine Il Caffè ("The Coffeehouse"), where some 40 articles by him on various subjects appeared and which became an important reference on Enlightenment Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni | Alessandro Volta | Alessandro Scarlatti | Alessandro Farnese | Alessandro Mendini | Alessandro Ballan | Alessandro Safina | Alessandro Del Piero | Alessandro Cagliostro | Pietro Verri | Alessandro Baricco | Alessandro | Alessandro Ripellino | Alessandro Magnasco | Alessandro Gherardini | Alessandro Barsanti | Alessandro Vespignani | Alessandro Talotti | Alessandro Riguccini | Alessandro Peretti di Montalto | Alessandro Pasqualini | Alessandro Mussolini | Alessandro Malaspina | Alessandro Haber | Alessandro Grandi | Alessandro Galilei | Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) | Alessandro Deljavan | Alessandro Cesarini | Alessandro Bonci |