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The Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze has its origins in the 30.000
volumes of the private library of Antonio Magliabechi, bequeathed in 1714,
according to his will, to the city of Florence. To increment the growing
Library in 1737 it was decided by decree that one copy of all works printed
in Florence be deposited there and after 1743 one copy of all
publications printed in the entire Grand Duchy of Tuscany. In 1747 it was
opened to the public for the first time with the name of Magliabechiana.
During the following years the Library was enriched by many legacies and
gifts and by the acquisition of the collections of the monastic libraries
following the dissolution of the religious corporations. In 1861 the
Magliabechiana was unified with the important Biblioteca Palatina (created
by Ferdinand III of Lorraine and continued by his successor Leopold II)
and assumed the name of National Library and in 1885 of National Central
Library of Florence (hereafter referred to as BNCF).
Since 1870 the BNCF has the legal deposit for all that is printed in Italy.
Last updated 2320 EST, Tuesday, 28 April
1998.