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Biblioteca Comulane. 8vo. 240 x 165 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches]. 78 pp. Fully illustrated with color plates. Pictorial wrappers. Printed exhibition catalogue of books, manuscripts, and drawings from the collections of the Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati of Siena, exhibited to celebrate the visit of the Madison Council..... More
Siena: Biblioteca Comunale, 2006. 8vo. 240 x 170 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches]. 64 pp. Illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Decorative wrappers in an antique style. History of the reconstruction of the Public Library of Siena, a public works project that incorporated Renaissance buildings and the use..... More
Milano: De Agostini for Biblioteca Ambrosiana, 2012. 8vo. 210 x 210 mm., [8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches]. 47 pp. Illustrated with color reproductions. Pictorial wrappers.History of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, beginning with its founding in the high Renaissance down to the 20th century. Well documented overview of the library's collections..... More
Genoa: Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova, 2015, 2016. 8vo. 240 x 165 mm., [9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches]. 79 pp.; 175 pp. Both catalogues illustrated throughout with color images. Pictorial wrappers. Very good copies.Part I is a history of the library at the University of Genoa with descriptions of its..... More
Venizia: Presso Antonio Savioli, 1775. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 107 [1] pp. Contemporary paste-paper boards; binding soiled, title in ink on spine, text block lightly foxed throughout. First edition, followed by a Verona edition, with addition, printed in 1798. A select bibliography, listing..... More
