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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.
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paperback. This biography of Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879), Italian patriot and librarian of the British Museum, was published in 1880. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 772 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1080.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
772
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
772
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108044912
SKU
V9781108044912
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