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The Digital Cicognara Library
The Digital Cicognara Library recreates Count Leopoldo Cicognara’s private collection of early books on art and archaeology.
About The Digital Cicognara Library
The Digital Cicognara Library is an international initiative to recreate in digital form the private book collection of Count Leopoldo Cicognara (1767–1834). The collection holds some five thousand early imprints on the literature of art and archaeology, assembled in the Romantic era.
The site presents itself as an open-access collection. It offers a full Catalogo of the collection and annotated Vatican Catalogo volumes, with Volume 1 and Volume 2 listed on the homepage. The source does not describe search tools, image quality, or how the materials may be reused.
Key features
- Digital recreation of Count Cicognara's private book collection
- Full Catalogo of the collection available to browse
- Vatican Annotated Catalogo, Volume 1
- Vatican Annotated Catalogo, Volume 2
Best for: Scholars and students researching the early literature of art and archaeology.
Good for
- Presented as an open-access collection
- Provides access to early printed works on art and archaeology
The Digital Cicognara Library at a glance
- Website
- cicognara.org
- Category
- Research & Data › Academic Search
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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