18th-century book stolen in Rome recovered in Argentina
Source: Malay Mail Online
BUENOS AIRES, April 24 — An 18th-century book on the history of Saint Peter's Basilica that was stolen last year in Rome has been recovered at a bookstore in Buenos Aires, officials said yesterday.
The 1748 book, which was lifted from a private library in the Italian capital, had been offered for sale online at a price of US$3,500 (RM12,600).
Authorities seized it after tracking it down at a bookstore in the Argentine capital's upscale Recoleta neighborhood, the attorney general's office said on its website.
The book is a history of the famous Vatican basilica's dome and the work to restore it — full title: Memorie Istoriche Della Gran Cupola Del Tempio Vaticano, E De' Danni Di Essa, E De' Restoramenti Loro Divisi In Libri Cinque. Alla Santita Di Nostro Signore Papa Benedetto XIV.
The title roughly translates to “Historical Memories of the Great Dome of the Vatican Temple, and the Damage to It, and Its Restoration, Divided in Five Books. To His Holiness of Our Lord Pope Benedict XIV.”
It was written by academic and architecture expert Giovanni Poleni and published by Stamperia del Seminario in Padua.
It was part of a stolen collection of 120 antique volumes valued at more than €1 million (RM3.89m).
The operation to recover it, carried out by the Division for the Protection of Cultural Heritage at the Argentine office of Interpol, was launched after Italian police requested international help.
The book is in Interpol custody pending a formal request from Italian authorities for its return. — AFP
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[Top]New York City Book & Ephemera Fair Joins Rare Book Week
Source: New York, NY (PRWEB) April 07, 2015
The New York City Book and Ephemera Fair brings more than 50 dealers of rare and contemporary volumes, manuscripts, maps, and unusual ephemera to Wallace Hall on Saturday, April 11.
The New York City Book and Ephemera Fair joins Rare Book Week with a selling exhibition slated for Saturday, April 11th. The fair takes place at Wallace Hall at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue at 84th Street. Rare Book Week is the annual spring round-up of auctions and selling exhibitions aimed at book collectors, curators and those fascinated by historical maps, vintage photographs and ephemera.
Marvin Getman, President of Impact Events Group, a New England producer of specialty antiques and book fairs since 1981, stated the event is "an affordable complement to the venerable ABAA Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory". More than 50 dealers will be present.
The fair promises items for both seasoned collectors and new audiences. Given the range of material, it could be said the New York City Rare Book and Ephemera Fair at Wallace Hall is for music lovers, art lovers, photography collectors, educators, historians and readers.
For instance, book highlights include a signed 24-volume set of Arthur Conon Doyle’s complete works; #26 of 50 copies of “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There,” with illustrations by Barry Moser, including two un-bound artist’s prints; Gertrude Stein’s “Portraits and Prayers,” with inscription; a 1932 volume of Edward Weston photographs, inscribed and signed by the photographer; a mid-century, bi-lingual printing of Rimbaud’s “Season in Hell,” with photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Outstanding ephemera - those bits of popular culture that were not made to last but did - include a signed Dmitri Shostakovich photograph; a 1966 Grateful Dead-Lightening Hopkins-Loading Zone poster from the Fillmore; as well as 19th and 20th century handcolored prints.
Maps and Manuscript highlights include a rare Tyler-Giles facsimile of the Declaration of Independence; and early Manhattan Sanitary and Topographical map; and one of the few remaining original manuscripts of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral march, by Army Bvt. Major General J. C. (G.) Barnard and played by the U.S. Marine Band at the Washington, DC ceremony.
Tickets to the New York City Book and Ephemera Fair are $15 or $10 if purchased online in advance at http://www.bookandpaperfairs.com The fair runs 8 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. A free shuttle bus will take collectors to the ABAA Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.
A complete list of dealers appearing at the first New York City Rare Book and Ephemera Fair at Wallace Hall is available at http://www.bookandpaperfairs.com.
[Top]9th Annual St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book & Paper Arts Fair
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Now in its ninth year, the St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair set for May 1 to 3, 2015, is attracting participants from around the country with its growing reputation for quality dealers, enthusiastic crowds and a wonderful setting.
