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[004823] Ruju, P. Alessandra Maccioni and Mostert, Marco; Barker, Nicolas (Foreword) The Life and Times of Guglielmo Libri (1802-1869) – Scientist, Patriot, Scholar, Journalist and Thief – A Nineteenth Century Story. Hilversum: Verloren Publishers, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback. Good / No Jacket (as Issued). ISBN: 9065503846. [9], 10-448pp. Original printed boards

Stain to top edge of text block, otherwise quite bright and clean

The extraordinary life of Guglielmo Libri. Often employed as a librarian, Libri plundered European libraries on a “grand, even heroic, scale” (Foreword)