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Antonio Panizzi and the British Museum
by Weimerskirch, Philip John
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Clifton, N.J.: AB Bookman's Yearbook, 1981.
8vo. 215 x 140 mm. [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 128 pp. Bound in original red paper wrappers; some minor soiling and rubbing, otherwise very good.
Philip Weimerskirch, noted librarian and bibliographer at the Providence Public Library began his study of Antonio Panizzi while at Columbia University working under the guidance of Allan Hazen. This publication is an expansion of term paper and published by Jake Chernofsky, editor of AB Bookman's Weekly. Based on research in the archives of the British Library, Weimerskirch focuses on Panizzi's interactions with the book trade and the booksellers who contributed to the dynamic growth of the British Museum Library made during the middle years of the 19th Century.
Included are chapters outlining Panizzi's biography, and the collections of English books, Americana, Aldines, Block Books, maps, and music that he brought into the BM and the booksellers he negotiated with to secure these collections. "In the nineteen years that Panizzi was Keeper of Printed Books, 1837-1856, some 302,000 volumes were added to the collections, mostly by purchase. This is the story of the books and booksellers that helped Panizzi triple the holdings of BM collections and transform the institution into the premier library in the Western World.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Title
- Antonio Panizzi and the British Museum
- Author
- Weimerskirch, Philip John
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- AB Bookman's Yearbook
- Place of Publication
- Clifton, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1981
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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- Rubbing
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- AB Bookman's Weekly
- A trade publication for the rare and antiquarian book industry that was published between 1948 and 1999. Prior to the emergence...
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