To the Origins of the Biblioteca Palatina: the Incunabula Collection of Carlo Ludovico of Borbone

Abstract

This contribution aims to highlight several points of contact between the years Sabina Magrini spent at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (2012–2015) and the project ‘ORIGO: Alle origini delle Biblioteca Palatina di Parma: il mercato librario toscano e italiano nella prima metà del XIX secolo e la costituzione della Biblioteca Palatina di Lucca’. In particular, it displays the rediscovered archival materials of Pietro Pera, who served as a personal librarian to Carlo Ludovico of Bourbon in Lucca, in order to offer some reflections on the formation of what the "Fondo Palatino" of the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma is now. The paper concludes with a brief overview of the author’s doctoral project, dedicated to the ‘Palatini’ incunabula.