Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Reference Library

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Enrico Colle, ed., Gli inventari delle corti : le guardarobe reali in Italia dal XVI al XX secolo, Florence, Edizioni Polistampa, 2004, 4to., publisher's printed paper boards


Angela Nuovo, ed., Biblioteche private in età moderna e contemporana: Atti del convegno internazionale, Udine, 18‐20 ottobre 2004, Milan, 2005, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers


Carlo Frati, Dizionario bio‐bibliografico dei bibliotecari e bibliofili italiani, Florence, L.S. Olschki, 1934, 4to., 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards (by Chione 1948), marbled endpapers, head‐edge gilt


Marino Parenti, Aggiunte al Dizionario bio‐bibliografico dei bibliotecari e bibliofili italiani di Carlo Frati, Florence, Sansoni Antiquariato, 1952, 1959, 1960, 3 vols., 4to., half beige cloth over dominote pasteboards, bookplate of Anthony R.A. Hobson


Ugo Rozzo, Biblioteche italiane del Cinquecento tra Riforma e Controriforma, Udine, 1994, 4to., publisher's printed wrappers


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