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References
- ↑ Biblioteca di Lodi Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine , Sistema Bibliotecario Lodigiano, official website, brief history of library.
- ↑ Lodi monografia storico-artistica, by Felice De Angeli, Andrea Timolati, published in Milan (1877), page 14.
- ↑ Bassano Martani, page 215.
- ↑ Library of Lodi Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine , Official website.
- ↑ Lodi nelle poche sue antichità e cose d'arte, by the lawyer Bassano Martani, Tipografia Rezzonico Santo, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, (1874), page 214-215.
- ↑ Statistica delle biblioteche, Volume 1, Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria, e Commercio, pages 63-64.
