Collections and services
2019-02-14:
Publications related to ancient clocks and dating back since the early 20th century, have been received as donation.
2018-12-03:
Books of interest to Leonardo scholars, that have been published since the late 19th century, have been acquired.
2018-09-17:
The ancient monographs belonging to Paolo Rossi's personal library have been catalogued.
2018-05-28:
Three XVIth century scientific manuscripts by Alessandro Pitti have been acquired.
2018-05-28:
A section of the personal library of Pietro Stefanelli has been received as donation
2018-05-28:
The Carlo Vittorio Varetti's archival collection has been catalogued.
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Research library specialized in the history of science and technology, the Library of the Museo Galileo aims to support historical studies on the various scientific disciplines, on technology and medicine from the ancient world up to the first half of the twentieth century.
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The library houses about 170,000 works concerning the history of science. The antique book collection, consisting of nearly 5,000 works, is supplemented by several 19th-20th century collections as well as a contemporary collection which has an annual growth of hundreds of new acquisitions.
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Book reservation
To reserve library books, please fill in the form below and send it at least one day in advance.
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- Digital reproduction
After having sent this form, you will receive the exact rate for the digital copy on CD-ROM of the selected work.
The approximate price is € 1.10 per image (colour) and € 0.65 per image (black & white).
There are additional costs for the CD-ROM and for shipping.
Low resolution images of a few pages are for free.
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- Book purchase recommendation
To send recommendations for the library collections, please fill in the form below, supplying as much information as possible on the proposed work..
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