Dissertazione Accademica sul Commercio degil Antichi e Moderni Libraj. Recitata nella Generale Adunanza nella Sala del Serbatojo d’Arcadia.
In Roma: Presso Monaldini Mercante di Libri, Nella Stamperia di Gio, Zempel, 1787. Item #989 Barraglini was born in Rimini and educated in Rome, where he entered the priesthood. He began his career studying literature and became interested in Rimini writers and built a collection on the subject. His bibliographical skills were recognized, and he became the personal librarian of the notable collector Francesco Saverio de Zelada, who served as Librarian of the Roman Church. Immersing himself in Zelada’s library he created a catalogue of manuscripts that remains unpublished. In 1800 he was appointed Second Custodian to the Vatican Library, and he is remembered today as the librarian who keep the collection safe during the French occupation. His study of ancient and modern bookselling was an outgrowth of his work on the manuscripts in the Zelada collection. He recognizes the importance of the trade in finding and offering books and manuscripts for sale and in dealing with materials in many languages. He does complain about prices of books but also keeps his focus on the book trade and its long history. In his study of manuscripts he makes mention of Peruvian and Mexican painted works, suggesting his knowledge of the subject from either the Zelada or Vatican collections.
8vo. 180 x 125 mm., [7 x 4 ¾ inches]. 61, [3] pp. Printed on thick paper and illustrated with an engraved title-page vignette by G. Giordano and decorative woodcut initial letters. Bound in 19th century marbled paper boards with leather spine and tips. Very good copy.
Dizionario degli Italiani, V. 7, biographical essay by Augusto Campana..
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