Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
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Name (Latin)
Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
Other forms of name
Carrucci della Somaia, Guglielmo Libri, conte, 1803-1869
Carucci dalla Sommaia, Guillaume Libri, comte, 1803-1869
Dalla Sommaia, Guillaume Libri Carucci, comte, 1803-1869
Libri Carucci dalla Sommaia, Guillaume, comte de, 1803-1869
Libri, G. (Guillaume), 1803-1869
Libri, Guglielmo, 1803-1869
Libri, M. (Guillaume), 1803-1869
Sommaia, Guillaume Libri Carucci dalla, comte, 1803-1869
Date of birth
1803-01-02
Date of death
1869-09-28
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His Notice des manuscrits de quelques bibliothèques des départements, 1842:t.p. (G. Libri)
- LC manual cat.(hdg.: Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869)
- NUC pre-56(hdg.: Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869; usage: Guillaume Libri, G. Libri, M. Libri; on Eng. and Ital. bks., Guglielmo Libri)
- Bib. nat.(hdg.: Libri-Carrucci della Sommiaa [sic], Cte Guillaume-Brutus-Icile-Timoléon; running headers give spelling Sommaia)
- Grand Larousse encyc., c1962(Libri Carucci dalla Sommaia, Guillaume, comte de, 1803-1869, mathematician and historian of science; prof. at U. of Pisa, in 1830 he fled to France and became French citizen 1833; prof. at Collège de France, then inspecteur général de l'instruction publique and inspecteur des bibliothèque de France; a pattern of missing books and mss. began to be noticed after his visits and an investigation was started; Libri fled to London in 1848; in 1850 French court sentenced him; French govt. eventually able to recover some of the items)
- Encic. ital.(Libri, Guglielmo Icilio Timoleone, conte Carrucci della Somaia, b. Florence 01-02-1803, d. Fiesole 09-28-1869)
- The life and times of Guglielmo Libri (1802-1869), 1995:p. 19 (d. of b. prob. 01-02-1802 according to a birth certificate drawn up in 1850)
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Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja
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Alexis-Nicolas Noël (lithograph), Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja (1 January 1803 – 28 September 1869) was an Italian count and mathematician, who became known for his love and subsequent theft of ancient and precious manuscripts. After being appointed the Inspector of Libraries in France, Libri began stealing the books he was responsible for. He fled to England when the theft was discovered, along with 30,000 books and manuscripts inside 18 trunks. In France, he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in absentia; some of the stolen works were returned when he died, but many remained missing.
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