Catalogo dei Libri dal Conte Angiolo Maria d'Elci donati alla Imperiale e Real Libreria Mediceo-Laurenziana, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of d’Elci after Pietro Benvenuti, foxed, contemporary half vellum over blue boards, flat spine gilt and with morocco labels, tear to lower cover corner exposing boards, rubbing to covers, spine labels and edges, [Brunet I, 1639-40; Taylor p.136], 4to, Florence, Printing at the sign of Dante, 1826.

⁂ Rare privately printed library catalogue 'd’une collection très-précieuse…il mérite d’être conservé, tout au moins comme un livre rare.’ (Brunet). It was rich in incunables, Aldines, editions of the classics, Hebraica, and first editions of Dante and Petrarch. It includes a list of books printed on vellum. The Count began building his collection in the early 1780s when touring the great capitals of Europe, before being forced to seek refuge with his books in Vienna during the Napoleonic wars. He returned to Florence after the Restauration and in 1818 donated his books to the state, to be housed in the Laurentian library in Florence.