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From: owner-vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Xavier Ceccaldi
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 12:46 PM
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Subject: VMs: Re: Re: Re: Herbert Garland -- Palazzo BorgheseHi 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 AMSubject: 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>
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> > 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."
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> > I will send later more information on this catalogue.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Xavier Ceccaldi
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