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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter
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.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, November 14,
2001-January 11, 2002. Includes a preface by Mark Samuels Lasner
and an essay by Margaret D. Stetz, Associate Professor of English
and Women's Studies, Georgetown University, on "Beatrix Potter and
Aestheticism," followed by detailed descriptions of the books,
manuscripts, letters, drawings, and other material in the show.
Designed by Mark Samuels Lasner, printed at the Ascensius Press.
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