Guglielmo Libri and the British Museum: A Case of Scandal Averted
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1991
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The British Library Journal
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17
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Spring
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| Pagination |
36-60
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| Annotation |
Explores the interactions between Antonio Panizzi, Keeper of Printed Books in the British Museum and Guglielmo Libri, a scholar book collector offering to sell his valuable collection of manuscripts and printed books. The author concludes that Libri was the greatest book thief ever.
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