DANDOLO, VINCENZO, COUNT 0758-1819), Italian agricultural chemist, a native of Venice, welcomed the advent of Napoleon in Italy 0796), and was a member of the grand council of the isalpine Republic at Milan. From 18o5–o9 he was gov ernor of Dalmatia, where he sought to improve agriculture. He died at Venice on Dec. 13, 1819. Dandolo wrote several treatises on agriculture, vine-cultivation, and the rearing of cattle and sheep, and a work on silk-worms, which was translated into French by Fontanelle.