IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL482
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Libri, Guglielmo: letter (1857)
Date(s): 1857
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Libri | Count | Guglielmo Bruto Icilio Timoleone Libri-Carrucci dalla Sommaia | 1802-1869 | scientist, book collector, and thief x Libri | Guglielmo x Libri | Guillaume
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Count Guglielmo Bruto Icilio Timoleone Libri-Carrucci dalla Sommaia was born into an aristocratic family in Florence and educated at the University of Pisa, from which he received his doctorate in 1820. From 1823 until his death in 1869 he was officially Professor of Mathematical Physics at Pisa, although he did not teach there after 1824. Libri subsequently spent many years researching in Florence, Paris and London. He was also a prolific collector of and dealer in books and manuscripts, though his reputation was heavily tainted by accusations (proved true after his death) that he had stolen many items from libraries, mainly in France, during the 1840s. Whilst, his usually known simply as Guglielmo Libri, the French form of his name, Guillaume Libri, is sometimes used.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Count Guglielmo Bruto Icilio Timoleone Libri-Carrucci dalla Sommaia of London to [Augustus De Morgan], 26 May 1857. Promising to send him catalogues [of his sales of books and manuscripts] once they are corrected. Reporting the death of [Augustin Louis] Cauchy. Autograph, with signature.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found inserted in De Morgan's copy of A L Cauchy Cours d'analyse de l'École royale polytechnique (1821) - classmark: [DeM] L.7 [Cauchy] SSR.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008