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

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

Hello Xavier,

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if he had actually bought the whole
palace. It seems that someone may have been helping Voynich bankroll his
interests. 500,000 is a lot of books and pamphlets. I wonder where he might
have been getting his finances/loans to support this endeavor. Per the
Garland article the Palazzo Borghese was purchased in 1908.

"In 1909 a move was made from Soho Square to 68, Shaftesbury Avenue; and in
1916 another, and final, removal took place, this time to 175, Picadilly."
(H. Garland, The Library World, p. 227)

Regards,
Dana Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Xavier Ceccaldi" <ceccaldi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: VMs: Re: Re: Re: Herbert Garland -- Palazzo Borghese


> 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>
> To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- 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
> > >
> > >
> > > > "In 1908 he purchased the Palazzo Borghese in the Via Ghibellina,
> > > Florence."
> > > > (p.226)
> > > >
> > > > Wow, deep pockets, he bought the whole 'palace'!
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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