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Dissertazione Accademica sul Commercio degil Antichi e Moderni Libraj. Recitata nella Generale Adunanza nella Sala del Serbatojo d'Arcadia
by Battaglini, Angelo
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In Roma: Presso Monaldini Mercante di Libri, Nella Stamperia di Gio, Zempel, 1787. 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.
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 Immersing himself in Zelada's library he created a catalogue of manuscripts that remains unpublished.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.
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- Title
- Dissertazione Accademica sul Commercio degil Antichi e Moderni Libraj. Recitata nella Generale Adunanza nella Sala del Serbatojo d'Arcadia
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- Battaglini, Angelo
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- Presso Monaldini Mercante di Libri, Nella Stamperia di Gio, Zempel
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- In Roma
- Date Published
- 1787
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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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