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oapen-20.500.12657-855892023-11-28T03:35:55Z Quattro matrimoni e una biblioteca grifoni, giovanna Merino Libray Collection Ambrósio Fernández Merino Marie Louise La Farge John La Farge George Lyndes Lorillard bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies This historical research starts from the books of Ambrósio Fernández Merino and explores the figure of their owner, a mysterious Spanish lawyer who lived in Florence. The result is the discovery of a little-known intellectual and of a woman who was, on the contrary, very well-known and present in the social chronicles of her time: Marie Louise La Farge. A wealthy American of French origins, divorced and married four times, she lived in London, Paris, Rome and died in Florence in 1899. After her will gave rise to a legal battle that reignited public interest on her life, she fell into oblivion. Her story resurfaced from some ownership notes found on several books of Merino’s library, books owned by Louise’s ex-husbands. The library was given to the University of Florence by the La Farge’s heirs. 2023-11-27T17:05:25Z 2023-11-27T17:05:25Z 2023 book ONIX_20231127_9791221502190_18 2704-6001 9791221502190 9791221502183 9791221502206 9791221502213 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85589 ita Fonti storiche e letterarie – Edizioni cartacee e digitali application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 38553.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9791221502190 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0219-0 This historical research starts from the books of Ambrósio Fernández Merino and explores the figure of their owner, a mysterious Spanish lawyer who lived in Florence. The result is the discovery of a little-known intellectual and of a woman who was, on the contrary, very well-known and present in the social chronicles of her time: Marie Louise La Farge. A wealthy American of French origins, divorced and married four times, she lived in London, Paris, Rome and died in Florence in 1899. After her will gave rise to a legal battle that reignited public interest on her life, she fell into oblivion. Her story resurfaced from some ownership notes found on several books of Merino’s library, books owned by Louise’s ex-husbands. The library was given to the University of Florence by the La Farge’s heirs. 10.36253/979-12-215-0219-0 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221502190 9791221502183 9791221502206 9791221502213 50 194 Florence open access
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This historical research starts from the books of Ambrósio Fernández Merino and explores the figure of their owner, a mysterious Spanish lawyer who lived in Florence. The result is the discovery of a little-known intellectual and of a woman who was, on the contrary, very well-known and present in the social chronicles of her time: Marie Louise La Farge. A wealthy American of French origins, divorced and married four times, she lived in London, Paris, Rome and died in Florence in 1899. After her will gave rise to a legal battle that reignited public interest on her life, she fell into oblivion. Her story resurfaced from some ownership notes found on several books of Merino’s library, books owned by Louise’s ex-husbands. The library was given to the University of Florence by the La Farge’s heirs.
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