The exhibition at Palazzo Cavalli

Date

04 October 2018 – 04 November 2018

Opening hours

Thursday: 14.00–18.00; Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10.00–18.00

Inauguration

4 October 2018, at 16.00

Country

Italy

City

Padova

Venue

Palazzo Cavalli

Address

Via Giotto 1, Padova

Theme

Giovanni Marsili and his book collection

Digital Alternative

http://mostre.cab.unipd.it/marsili

Admission

Free

Guided tours

Short guided tours every 30 minutes. For groups of 5 persons or more, please contact: biblioteca.ortobotanico@unipd.it

The exhibition aims to present to the public a selection of volumes that once belonged to Giovanni Marsili, botanist, doctor, traveller and scientist, bibliophile and poet, scholar of classics and antiquarian disciplines. His collection, the founding nucleus of the Botanical Garden Library, was divided in the 1920s, when it was decided to transfer to other institutes of the University and the Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova the works of the Botanical Garden Library no longer considered relevant to botany.

In the photographs, the preparation of the exhibition inside Palazzo Cavalli (Photo: Federico Milanesi, University Museums Centre)

This exhibition offers the general public the opportunity to get to know and admire the personal library of an 18th century scholar, professor at the Studium Patavinum. Once again, on the occasion of the exhibition, the books on display recount the many interests of their original owner: the naturalistic passion in the display cases dedicated to botany and zoology; the medical training received at the University of Padova with the books dedicated to medicine; the solid classical preparation guaranteed by the studies of Latin and Greek; the curiosity for the contemporary in the publications of the Enlightenment; the interest in travel through the prints on exotic plants and distant countries.

Promoting organisations

University of Padova – The University of Padova Library Centre
Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities)

Scientific Committee

Scientific coordination: Prof. Alessandro Minelli
Organisational coordination: Sonia Zecchin

Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova:
Pietro Gnan
Carla Lestani

University of Padova - The University of Padova Library Centre:
Linda Cappellato
Paola Mario

Aknowledgements

University of Padova – University Museums Centre:
Prof. Giuliana Tomasella
Isabella Colpo
Federico Milanesi
Pierangela Quaja

Colleagues from the Heritage, Procurement and Logistics Area and from the University's Facility and Energy Management Office

Graphic design

University of Padova – Communication Office:
Stefano Gueraldi
Marta Guidolin
Marco Roveroni