Abstract
The library of the Duchy of Urbino is normally identified with the famous manuscript collection of Federico di Montefeltro, held at the Vatican. But when the duchy devolved to the papacy in 1631, the ducal library had been managed and expanded for sixty years by the last Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, and consisted of both manuscripts and printed books. This article places Francesco Maria's late Renaissance library, and its use of manuscripts, in the context of changes in the culture of book collection between 1550 and 1650. These changes are discussed with reference to Gabriel Naudé's Advis pour dresser une bibliotheque (1627). Naudé both describes and encourages a shift from the luxury market in antique manuscripts and rare incunables to the market in up-to-date information, as found in printed books, scribal copies, and manuscript texts by contemporary authors that were not in print.
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