[1][5] The library was purchased mostly in Venice, and transported by sea to Rimini,[1] where the books featuring Gambalunga's distinctive binding were bound in a workshop.

[1][4] Gambalunga predominantly stocked humanistic titles,[4] with law books accompanied by Greek and Latin classics, and works in history, early modern science, Italian literature, grammar, poetry, and rhetoric.

A codicil written three days before his death added the Palazzo Gambalunga to the bequest and nominated Michele Moretti as the first librarian.

The inventory of the library was drawn up by notary Mario Bentivegni between 3 September and 17 November 1620, and was found to include 1,438 volumes and just under 2,000 works.

[7][8] He frequented the library as a sixteen-year-old boy,[2][7] and in later life, he deposited many incunables and codices, including a De Civitate Dei written for the Malatestas.

[7][8] Local historians consider Garampi's contribution to the Gambalunghiana as crucial to Rimini's renewal, led by his teacher, Giovanni Bianchi, as a cultural centre rather than isolated provincial town.

[9] In November 1800, a municipal ginnasio was established in the Palazzo Gambalunga,[10][11][12] made necessary by the Cisalpine Republic's abolition of schools and seminaries run by the Catholic Church.

[2] In April 2019, semiotician Paolo Fabbri donated fifty philosophical works and manuscripts to the library on the occasion of its 400th anniversary.

[8][17] The library also hosts local publications and other exhibits relevant to the history of Rimini; its earliest gazette is dated 10 August 1660.

It initially housed the building's stables, workshops, garages and warehouses,[5] and the library was moved to the three rooms on the ground floor after Gambalunga's death.