Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, their Books and Bindings
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Anthony Hobson (Author)
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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 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. Worked examples or Exercises
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- Contributor: Anthony Hobson
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521126175
- Number of Pages: 296
- Packaged Dimensions: 210x297x16mm
- Packaged Weight: 710
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2012-07-19
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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