Re: Books stolen from the British Institute of Florence

[David Wexler <david@hollywoodvaults.com>]

Christine Ferdinand wrote:
> 
> I've just returned from the British Institute of Florence, where I
> discovered that most of their small collection of early books was stolen
> last April. Ten books are missing--two of them incunables and one of those
> is fairly rare. The books will have few marks of ownership. I'd like
> to circulate this list of stolen books as widely as possible. I'm afraid
> that I don't have any more details than those provided below.
> 
> If you have any ideas on locating the books, please get in touch with me,
> or with the director of the Institute, Christine Wilding (Lungarno
> Guicciardini 9, 50125 Firenze, Italy. Phone: 0039 55 284032). Thanks.

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