Paper heritage in Italy, France, Spain and beyond (16th to 19th centuries) : collector aspirations & collection destinies / edited by Benedetta Borello and Laura Casella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borello, Benedetta, editor.

Casella, Laura, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge research in early modern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book collecting--Europe, Southern--History.

Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Europe, Southern--History.

Collectors and collecting--Social aspects--Europe, Southern--History.

Europe, Southern--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Benedetta Borello is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Cassino. She has been a fellow at the EUI (Florence), the Italian Academy (Columbia University NY) and MIAS (Madrid). Her research activity is focused on the history of the elites, family history and gender history, network analysis, and the public sphere. She is the author of Trame sovrapposte. La socialita aristocratica e le reti di relazioni femminili a Roma (XVII-XVIII secolo) (2003), Il posto di ciascuno. Fratelli, sorelle e fratellanze (XVI-XIX secolo) (2016), and L'apprentissage de Rome a la Renaissance. Officiers a l'ombre de la Curie (xve - xviie sicle) (2021). Laura Casella is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Udine. She has been visiting Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and in Marseille. Her main research interests concern the political and cultural role of elites, the history of border areas, family history and gender history. She is the author of I Savorgnan: la famiglia e le opportunita del potere, secc. XV-XVIII (2003), Per parlare da fratello a fratello. Famiglia e carriere nelle lettere di Pompeo ed Eusebio Caimo, 1588-1640 (2022) and co-editor of Construire les liens de famille dans l'Europe moderne (2013).

Contents:

The legacy of Catalina de Mendoza to the Colegio Maximo of Alcala de Henares (17th Century) / Macarena Maria Moralejo Ortega

Boxes and shelves for future generations : showcasing Paolo Beni's papers (1623-1625) / Benedetta Borello

Who was Pompeo Caimo's library intended for? Family use and public endowment of a 17th century book collection / Laura Casella and Maria Adank

From Salamanca to Florence : the collection of books and manuscripts of Girolamo da Sommaia (Early 17th Century) / Paola Volpini

Three inventories, two brothers and a (missing) library : the book collection of Cassiano and Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo / Elena Valeri

The papers of the deceased : the patrimonialisation of scholarly papers in 18th century France / Emmanuelle Chapron

Collecting mathematics in Baroque Rome. The library-museum of Gasparo Berti / Federica Favino

Law books and professional law libraries in the Roman inventories and catalogues of the early 17th century / Simona Feci

A marble and paper heritage. The Galleria Giustiniana and the birth of the illustrated catalogue / Cecilia Mazzetti Di Pietralata

The library and the collection of prints. Palazzo Manfrin in Venice (18th and 19th centuries) / Linda Borean

From private collection to shared heritage. An aristocratic donation in 19th century Naples / Vittoria Fiorelli

The reasons behind a documentary bequest. Maria Josepa Massanes, Emilia Serrano and a library-museum (19th century Spain) / Nuria Jornet-Benito.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Paper heritage in Italy, France, Spain and beyond (16th to 19th centuries)

ISBN:

9781003373971

1003373976

9781000991987

1000991989

9781000992021

1000992020

Publisher Number:

99995428539

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.