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(LIBRI, GUGLIELMO.) Bound volume containing 19 contemporary publications pertaining to the scandal surrounding Libri's thefts of books and manuscripts from French libraries. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 morocco, moderate wear; occasional heavy foxing. Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate. Vp, vd
"The remarkable aspect of the Affaire Libri is not so much the magnitude of the crime as the vehemence of the controversy arising out of it. For ten or fifteen years after his conviction Libri was defended by . . . famous names . . . In 1861 he entered an appeal for a reversal of his sentence but was unsuccessful"--Thompson, Bibliologia Comica, page 54.
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