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Renaissance Book Collecting : Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Their Books and Bindings by Anthony Hobson
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521126177
ISBN-139780521126175
eBay Product ID (ePID)117231516
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Antiques & Collectibles, Publishing, Books, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
AuthorAnthony Hobson
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length11.7 In.
Item Height0.6 In.
Item Weight25.2 Oz
Item Width8.3 In.
Additional Product Features
Book TitleRenaissance Book Collecting : Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Their Books and Bindings
Dewey Decimal002.0922
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisThis book, first published in 1999, studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Jean Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books; Diego Hurtado de Mendoza's was a much larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time. Both men were greatly influenced by experience of Italy. Grolier has been called 'the Prince of Bibliophiles'; the books he commissioned have long been famous. This is the first full account of his life for eighty years. Hurtado de Mendoza was a poet, historian, Greek scholar and Arabist. He served as the Emperor's Ambassador in Venice (1540-6), to the Council of Trent (1545-6), and to the Pope (1547-52). In Venice he set out to form for Spain a collection of Greek manuscripts to rival that being formed for France by Francis I's agents. Anthony Hobson's text is complemented by ninety-one illustrations, several thematic indexes, eleven appendices and a bibliography., 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., This book studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Jean Grolier's was a bibliophilic "cabinet" of fine books. Hurtado de Mendoza's was a much larger and more scholarly collection; a full Catalogue is provided for the first time. Books commissioned by Jean Grolier, "the Prince of Bibliophiles", have long been famous. Hurtado de Mendoza was a poet and historian, a Greek scholar and Arabist. This book contains valuable information on Grolier and Hurtado de Mendoza's work, including catalogues, lists of bindings and indexes of printers, publishers, editors, commentators and translators.
Publication Year2012
Dewey Edition23
FormatTrade Paperback
Reviews'Renaissance Book Collecting, while adding much to familiar bibliographical subjects such as library history and bookbinding studies, enriches much more our knowledge of the history of the book ... This is a work that synthesizes several centuries of scholarship at the same time as adding much that is genuinely new. The Lyell electors were no doubt delighted with the original lectures; they have much to thank Cambridge University Press for in producing a lasting version of them.' The Library, "It is the well-written and graceful kind of work we have come to expect from the author, replete with scholarship, good humor, and insight." Professional Bibliographical Society of America
Table Of ContentList of illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Grolier: the early years; 2. Grolier in Italy 1515-21; 3. Grolier in France; 4. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza; 5. Venetian sixteenth-century bookbinders; Catalogue of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza's library of printed books; Index of printers and publishers; Index of editors, commentators and translators; Index of plaquette bindings; Appendices: 1. Grolier's bindings classified by workshop; 2. Grolier's petition to Francis I; 3. Anne Briçonnet's coins and medals; 4. The Venetian catalogue of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza's Greek manuscripts; 5. Bindings by the Mendoza Binder (Andrea di Lorenzo); 6. Andronicus Nucius's power of attorney; 7. Bindings by the Cicero Binder; 8. Bindings by the Fugger Binder; 9. Venetian Bindings by Anthoni Lodewijk; 10. Bindings by the Agnese Binder (Bartolomeo di Giovanni da Fino?); 11. Bindings by the Emblematic Binder; Bibliography; Index.
LC Classification NumberZ987.5.E85H62 2012
Number of Pages296 pages
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