Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Galignani, John Antony (1796-1873) and William (1798-1882), two Parisian publishers, were the sons of an Italian who set up an English library in Paris in 1800, and in 1814 founded Galignani's Messenger. The sons took his work on, and did much to advance English interests in France.