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The Salita dei Frati Library owns a rich collection of 18th and 19th century books printed in Ticino (Ticinensia). The first editions go back to the year 1746, when the printers Agnelli from Milano founded the first print shop in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland in order to pursue their activities without being subject to the censorship exercised in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom.