Renaissance book collecting : Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their books and bindings /
"This book 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 catalogue of the latter's printed books is provided for the first...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | "This book 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 catalogue of the latter's printed books 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 ninety 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."--Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge. Typeset in 12/15 pt Bembo"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 275 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521651298 9780521651295 |