VMs: Re: Re: Re: Herbert Garland -- Palazzo Borghese

[Xavier Ceccaldi <ceccaldi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana,

 

The notice in catalogue 24 confirm your informations : Voynich bought a huge quantity of books in this library (does he really bough the Palazzo ? May be ! We have to check). 

The notice announces " I am pleased to be able to inform librarians, students and collectors that I have lately obtained control of the well known house, Libreria Franceschini, Palazzo Borghese, Via Ghibellina 110, Florence, which will in future be carried on in connection with my London business. I am now disposing of the stock of over half a million books and pamphlets, dealing with nearly every subject, collected by their previous owner during the last 55 years. Special lists of these books, each dealing with a separate subject, will shortly be published. Collectors wishing to receive these lists as they appear are requested to write to my London address, specifying the subject in which they are interested, as only a limited number of copies will be printed.".

The wealth of Voynich continue to be another enigm.

Regards

Xavier Ceccaldi

----- Original Message -----

From: "DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>

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Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 9:52 AM

Subject: VMs: Re: Re: Herbert Garland -- Palazzo Borghese

> Some additional information 
from the Garland article concerning the Palazzo
> Borghese states:
> 
> "Its previous owner, a picturesque relic of the Florentine 
Risorgimento, had
> turned the place into a bookshop, if that process can 
describe the amassing
> there of a mountainous quantity of books. At all 
events, Voynich bought the
> business as it stood, and for a time 
collectors were encouraged to "hunt" in
> its vast masses."
> 
> Even if Voynich had just purchased a preexisting business with the 
'palace'
> full of ancient tomes, it still strikes me that there was a 
substantial
> amount of money involved.
> 
> Regards,
> 
Dana Scott
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Xavier 
Ceccaldi" <ceccaldi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 
<vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, 
May 04, 2003 4:30 AM
> Subject: VMs: Re: Herbert Garland
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "DANA 
SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>
> > To: 
<vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: 
<AFScott@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, 
May 04, 2003 1:26 AM
> > Subject: VMs: Herbert Garland
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> >
> > > "In 1908 he purchased the Palazzo Borghese 
in the Via Ghibellina,
> > Florence."
> > > (p.226)
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> > > Wow, deep pockets, he bought the whole 
'palace'!
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> > Right : he did'nt purchased the 
Palazzo Borghese !
> >
> > I just get :" A Catalogue of rare 
books, printed in the XV., XVI. and
> XVII.
> > Centuries, not to 
be found in the British Museum, London, 1908 ?116p.
> > 22cm.Wilfrid M. 
Voynich, catalogue 24, 68, Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly
> > Circus, 
London, W." in which Voynich says :
> > "I am pleased to be able to 
inform librarians, students and collectors
> that
> > I have 
lately obtained control of the well known house, Libreria
> > 
Franceschini, Palazzo Borghese, Via Ghibellina 110, Florence, which will
> 
in
> > future be carried on in connection with my London 
business."
> >
> > I will send later more information on this 
catalogue.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > 
Xavier Ceccaldi
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