Rare Printed Volumes

The Library houses a vast collection of ancient volumes, forming a unique heritage, exemplified by the presence of over 6,000 books from the sixteenth century within the Institute's bibliographic collections.

Nearly all of these ancient printed volumes, along with their descriptions, are accessible through the Library’s online catalogue.


Ris.10/Atl.1 – Christoph Cellarius, Geographia antiqua in compendium redacta… Romæ, apud Archangelum Casaletti typographum, et bibliopolam ad S. Eustachii, 1774
Ris.16.12 – Orazio Guarguante, Eccellenze di Maria Verg. in ottaua rima… In Venetia, presso i Gioliti, 1586
Ris.70/1 – Biblia sacra Hebraice, Chaldaice, Graece, & Latine, Philippi 2. Reg. Cathol. pietate, et studio ad Sacrosanctae Ecclesiae vsum. Antuerpiae, excud. Christoph. Plantinus, 1570-1573, vol. 1