Item #1040 Una Nuovo Biblioteca Pubblica a Siena. Siena.

Una Nuovo Biblioteca Pubblica a Siena.

Siena: Biblioteca Comunale, 2006. Item #1040

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 of 15th century vaults built beneath the city to house the collections and public space of library.  An amazing project and outcome.  This copy with the name Luciano Borghi the director of the library at the time on the front free endpaper.

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Price: $10.00

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