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THE LIFE OF SIR ANTHONY PANIZZI, K.C.B. 2 VOLUME SET
LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, SENATOR OF ITALY, ETC. |
By: |
Louis Fagan |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£51.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1108044913 |
ISBN 13: |
9781108044912 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
23 February, 2012 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century |
Pages: |
772 |
Description: |
This biography of Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879), Italian patriot and librarian of the British Museum, was published in 1880. |
Synopsis: |
Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879), born in Brescello, Italy, qualified as a lawyer, but fled to Switzerland in 1823 to avoid arrest for his political activities in support of Italian unification. He then moved to England, where he became a naturalised British subject. The patronage of Lord Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, got him a post in the British Museum Library, where he remained for thirty-five years. He was responsible for the great expansion of the library, the building of the famous round Reading Room, and the compilation of cataloguing rules which remain influential today. Panizzi was knighted for services to librarianship, and is commemorated by the annual Panizzi lectures at the British Library. His continuing support of Italian independence was recognised by his appointment to the Italian senate. This two-volume biography by his colleague Louis Fagan (1845-1903) was published in 1880. |
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36 b/w illus. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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