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The Digital Cicognara Library
The Digital Cicognara Library
The Digital Cicognara Library is an international initiative to
recreate in digital form the remarkable private book collection of Count
Leopoldo Cicognara (1767–1834). Though assembled in the Romantic era,
Cicognara’s collection of some five
thousand early imprints still comprises the foundational
literature of art and archaeology. Cicognara’s famous, two-volume
inventory of his library, the
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d’arte e d’antichità, published in 1821 and often reprinted, remains an essential tool for scholars and bibliophiles.
Still in development, this site currently features the 1821
Catalogo ragionato combined with modern bibliographic descriptions plus a
limited number of images. The full Digital Cicognara Library will be
built out gradually over the coming months.
When complete, the application will consist of the full text of
the Catalogo, integrated with digital images and full text of every
title in the corpus, including black-and-white facsimiles of the
original volumes in the Vatican; one or more
high-resolution, color facsimiles of unique copies from partner
libraries; and thorough bibliographic information. Thanks to generous
support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and partner institutions,
the Digital Cicognara Library will be an
open-access resource.
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