TY - JOUR AU - Nuovo, Angela PY - 2016/01/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Aldo Manuzio in Los Angeles. The Ahmanson-Murphy collection at the University of California Los Angeles JF - JLIS.it JA - JLIS.it VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.4403/jlis.it-11426 UR - https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/176 SP - 1-24 AB - <p><span>Despite its recent foundation, the Ahmanson-Murphy collection at the University of California Los Angeles counts the highest number of Aldine books outside Europe, and it is one of the richest collections in the world. </span></p><p><span>This paper retraces the steps of its development and cataloguing, placing the collection among the main rare books collections in Los Angeles. Franklin D. Murphy (1916-1994), who was the sixth chancellor at UCLA, emerges at the real promoter of this great cultural venture.</span></p> ER -