Incunabulic Treasures And Medieval Nuggets From The Trivulzio Library Of Milan Italy PDF Download

Excerpt from Incunabulic Treasures and Medieval Nuggets From the Trivulzio Library of Milan, Italy: Including Vellum Manuscripts of the Thirteenth to Seventeenth Centuries, Illuminated With Painted Miniatures, Floriated Borders, and Initials in Gold and Colors; To Which Are Added From Other Collections Mss; Of Luther, Melancthon, Voltaire, Etc;, Early P Conspicuous among Private Libraries of international repute, such as the "Bibliotheca Spenceriana," over the bibliography of which Dibdin so lovingly lingered, was that of the Trivulzio, at Milan. This had long been the "Sacred Kaaba" of Italian bibliophilistic pilgrims, as the Althorp collection is still of British bibliognostes. Its celebrity has been such that the fame thereof has found its way into the encyclopedias. Thus we read on page 4890 of the eleventh volume of Appleton's "New American Cyclopedia" that "the most extensive private library in Milan, is that of the Marquis Trivulzio." As a number of the illuminated vellum treasures of this library are to be dis-posed of in New York, under the auctioneer's gavel, perhaps a brief account willnot be uninteresting of the former owners of these precious gems which are so rich in literature, so resplendent in color, so glorious in art, and so hoary with antiquity. The annals of the Trivulzio family are a portion of medievalism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."