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Catalogo della Libreria di Alessandro Rivani, Donata all Societa Colombaria Col Ritratto di esso Donatore
by (Riviani, Alessandroi)
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About This Item
Firenze: Dalla Tipografia di Luigi Pezzati, 1836.
8vo. 230 x 150 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 inches). Portrait of Rivani by Niccolò Palmerini. vi, 159 pp. Disbound and covered in modern wrappers; first signature loose from text blick. Portrait lightly foxed with offset to title-page.
First edition. Interesting private library of printed books, maps and manuscripts donated to the Società Colombaria, founded in 1735. The catalogue is a good example of a collection that reflects the mission of the institution. The Colombaria was formed to encourage scholarship that revived the old methods of research that reflected empirical observation in both the sciences and history. He left his collection and his book cases to the Società Colombaria at his death and this catalogue was prepared by the Società to commemorate his gift.
Alessandro Rivani's (d. 1823) library is focused on philology, literary criticism, mathematics and natural history, philosophy, history, law, economics, and the social sciences. Most of the books are from the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century and the catalogue is an excellent example of the transition in collecting from classical works to the modern scholarly texts. (68)
Gianna del Bono, Storia delle Biblioteche fra Settecento e Novecento. Saggio Bibliografico, no. 48. G. Ottino e G. Fumagalli, Bibliotheca Bibliographia Italica, no, 2955. (68)
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- 68
- Title
- Catalogo della Libreria di Alessandro Rivani, Donata all Societa Colombaria Col Ritratto di esso Donatore
- Author
- (Riviani, Alessandroi)
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- Used
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- Dalla Tipografia di Luigi Pezzati
- Place of Publication
- Firenze
- Date Published
- 1836
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Foxed
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