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Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their Books and Bindings
Anthony Hobson
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Description for Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their Books and Bindings
Paperback. This 1999 book studies and compares the famous sixteenth-century libraries of Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; GL; WCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 299 x 20. Weight in Grams: 724.
This 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 ... Read more
This 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521126175
SKU
V9780521126175
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Reviews for Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their Books and Bindings
'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 ... Read more