Hispanic rare books of the Golden Age (1470-1699) in the Newberry Library of Chicago and in selected North American libraries
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Hispanic rare books of the Golden Age (1470-1699) in the Newberry Library of Chicago and in selected North American libraries
(American university studies, Series II,
P. Lang, c1989
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Bibliography: p. [xiii]-xxii
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Hispanic Rare Books of the Golden Age (1470-1699) collection is one of America's most outstanding collections of rare Hispanic books. It consists of approximately 1019 printed books, the property of the Newberry Library of Chicago. Among these printed books covering the entire period of the Spanish Golden Age, there can be found rarities considered museum pieces by scholars. Aleman, Amadis de Guala, las Casas, Cervantes, Granada, Guevara, Hurtado de Mendoza, Lazarillo de Tormes, Montemayor, Mejia, Nebrija, Quevedo, Rojas, Rivadeneyra, Valdes and Luis Vives, among hundreds of others, are represented in extremely rare editions as well as some translations into English, Dutch, French, Italian, and German.
Table of Contents
Contents: A detailed description of each rare Hispanic book in the Newberry Library of Chicago printed between 1470-1699.
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