The National Library of Florence was originated from the private library of Antonio Magliabechi. Which consisted of 30,000 volumes. It was left to the city of Florence in 1714 according to Magliabechi's will saying it was “for the benefit of the city of Florence. The flood of 1966 caused serious damage, especially to the entire newspaper collection, as well as all the cards and book catalogs, bibliographic apparatus of reading rooms and furnishings. An important part of the documents and books were recovered and the Center for Restoration has restored a large amount of the documents, but a substantial part has been permanently lost.