Rocco Balzama

Review of Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale ...

The National Central Library of Florence (BNCF) is...

The National Central Library of Florence (BNCF) is one of the most important Italian and European libraries. Together with the National Library of Rome, it carries out the functions of a central national library.
It has approximately 5,948,235 printed volumes, 2,703,899 pamphlets, 24,991 manuscripts, 3,716 incunabula, 29,123 editions from the 16th century and over 1,000,000 autographs, and has 304,214 works consulted for the year 2013. The shelving of the library deposits covers currently 135 linear km, with an annual increase of over 1 km and a half.