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10 La formazione delle raccolte marciane

I cataloghi storici: genesi, struttura, presenza di incunaboli

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Abstract

This essay takes into consideration four early catalogues (cc. XVII-XVIII) of former Libreria di San Marco (now Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana). Their analysis and comparison provide information about book accession and preservation methods through the centuries, about rearrangement of miscellanies, replacement and/or discarding of copies of the same edition. Some case studies from the incunabula collection are given. The first catalogue, printed between 1623 and 1626, contains records of 59 dated incunabula: tracking these items in the following three catalogues, a list of identified editions is provided, as well as their related copies currently held at the Marciana Library.


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Submitted: May 16, 2019 | Accepted: June 26, 2019 | Published Feb. 24, 2020 | Language: it

Keywords Early library catalogues • Edition copies • Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana • Libreria di San Marco • Library arrangement

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