Fulingo: Tipografia Tomassini, 1843. Small 8vo. 170 x 120 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches). Original printed wrappers; spine discolored, otherwise sound and not unattractive.Rare pamphlet, published in the provincial city of Foligno near Assisi and Perugia, that advocates for the establishment of a public libraries. The pamphlet is..... More

Washington, New Haven, & Vatican City: Library of Congress, Yale University Press, & Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1993. Folio.  300 x 220 mm., [12 x 9 inches].  xxvi, 323, [2] pp.  Illustrated throughout with color images.  Bound in white linen cloth, dust jacket.  Near fine copy."This extraordinarily beautiful book, which contains..... 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