★Published in Italian and English. 2021 is the 700th anniversary of Dante's death!
★This series gives you the opportunity to walk into the library of the Medici family, the most prosperous Italian family, and experience the cultural accumulation and historical precipitation since the Renaissance!
★This series is the exhibition catalog of the exhibition project "Library Exhibition" curated by the Florence Lorenzo Library. The project displays selected manuscripts and printed works on related topics in the Lorenzo Hall. All exhibits are from the library. Rich collection resources. Through these rich and interesting art exhibitions, antique books that are usually only accessible by professional scholars can meet the public.
★The themes of the exhibition are rich and varied, including animals, text symbols, medical health, ancient civilization, text book format, etc.

Lorenzo Library is a historic library in Florence, Italy. It houses more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. It was built in the San Lorenzo Basilica of the Medici family and was funded by Pope Clement VII, who was born in the Medici family. The library was established to emphasize that the Medici family was not only a pure businessman, but also a member of the intellectual and religious circles. The building of the library was designed and built by Michelangelo and belongs to Mannerism.

The series include 11 titles:
Imaginary Creatures
Animalia. Men and Animal Care
The World of the Aztecs. In the Florentine Codex
Díaita. The Rules of Health in the Manuscripts of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Le Vie delle Lettere. La Tipografia Medicea tra Roma e l’Oriente
Consilioque Mnuque. Surgery in the Manuscripts of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
The books of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici. Personal Manuscripts and Volumes for Michelangelo’s Library
The Shape of the Book. From Roll to Codex (3rd Century BC–19th Century AD)
Unexplored Treasures. The University of Florence Libraries on Display
Dante’s Visualizations. In the Laurentian Manuscripts of the Commedia (14th–16th Centuries)
Women’s Voices. The World of Women in the Laurenziana Collections

The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana joins the celebrations for the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth with an exhibition of 50 pieces - which is part of the successful series of valuable exhibitions of the cycle "The Library on display" - entirely focused on the main work of the Supreme Poet: the Comedy. One of the most interesting sixteenth-century manuscripts from a visual point of view is therefore exhibited for the first time: the Mediceo Palatino 75 consisting of fifty drawings illustrating numerous episodes, mostly by Jan van der Straet (better known as Giovanni Stradano), by Luigi Alamanni and Alessandro Allori. The 35 drawings selected for the exhibition, duly reproduced in the catalog, are accompanied by a selection of 14 volumes - 12 manuscripts and 2 printed editions - which trace a circumscribed but significant path of the Comedy (14th-16th century): of each of these specimens the story is told in a specific card.
The volume is also enriched with an introduction by the scholar Sandro Bertelli.