books

Medieval Missaglia’s firedogs, Milan, 15th century. Photo taken from the book "Gli Antichi Segreti del Fabbro", by Urbano Quinto and Mauro Urbano, first edition - 1983, second edition in a numbered box of three volumes - 1998, third edition in numbered box of three volumes - 1999.

From the Urbano Quinto Heritage Collection: secret iron key by Benvenuto Cellini. Photo taken from the book "Gli Antichi Segreti del Fabbro", by Urbano Quinto and Mauro Urbano, second edition in a numbered box of three volumes - 1998, third edition in numbered box of three volumes - 1999.

French lighting irons from the former collection of Henry-René d'Allemagne published in the book Histoire du Luminaire now in the Urbano Quinto Collection.

You can find for consultation the books of Mauro Urbano, Urbano Quinto and Anita Bischoff in major international libraries including:

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Thomas J. Watson Library

1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028 - USA. Thomas J. Watson Library is the central research library of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Its collection of books and periodicals relating to the history of art is one of the most comprehensive in the world.

New York Public Library

"The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection"

Schwarzman Building, between the 42nd and the 5th

Avenue. New York, NY 10018 - USA.

Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540 - USA.

Art Institute of Chicago

Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 - USA.

The British Library, St. Pancras

96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB - United Kingdom.

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

Max-Planck-Institut - Bibliothek

Via Giuseppe Giusti, 44, Florence, 50121 - Italy.

Library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History - IRIS Consortium
Viale Torricelli, 5, Florence, 50125 - Italy.

Buonconsiglio Castle Library

Via Torre D'Augusto, 35-41, Trento, 38122 - Italy.

Candiani Polytechnic University Library

Via Giusepper Candiani, 72, Milan, 20158 - Italy.

Polytechnic University Nino Carboneri Architecture Library

Stradone Sant'Agostino, 37, Genoa, 16137 - Italy.

Library of the Episcopal Seminary

Piazza Duomo, 11, Caserta, 81100 - Italy

Library of the Ethnographic Museum of the Province of Belluno

Via Seravella 1, Cesiomaggiore BL, 32030 - Italy

Art Library of the Civic Museums of Pesaro

Palazzo Mazzolari Mosca, Via Gioacchino Rossini, 37, Pesaro, 61121 - Italy.