Category Archives: incunabula

Books printed before 1500

The Englishwoman visits Senigallia’s Biblioteca Antonelliana. Part III: Early printed books.

Posted on 17 Sep, 2017 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Originally posted on Libraries and rare books in Le Marche:
The Biblioteca Antonelliana boasts no less than 11 incunabula, or books printed before 1500 (“in the infancy of the art”, as the Oxford English Dictionary charmingly puts it). I decided…

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Macerata’s historic Mozzi-Borgetti library

Posted on 17 Jun, 2016 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Originally posted on Libraries and rare books in Le Marche:
We were strolling round Macerata with no intention of visiting its library. I assumed it would be chiuso per restauro (closed for restoration), the three most important words for any…

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