Renaissance Book Collecting : jean grolier and diego hurtado de mendoza, their books and bindings Anthony Hobson

By:

Hobson Anthony

Language: eng. Publication details: Cambridge cambridge university press 2012Description: xix, 275 p. 30 cmISBN:

9780521651295

Subject(s):

bibliofilstwo europa zachodnia 16 w grolier, jean (1479-1565)

DDC classification:

002.074 HOB

Summary: This 1999 book studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books. Hurtado de Mendoza's was a larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time. Contains ninety-one half-tones of original bookbindings, several thematic indexes, eleven appendices and a bibliography.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, A WING	002.074 HOB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	198014

Includes bibliographies and index

This 1999 book studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books. Hurtado de Mendoza's was a larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time. Contains ninety-one half-tones of original bookbindings, several thematic indexes, eleven appendices and a bibliography.

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