Renaissance Book Collecting

Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto size, 295 pp. Anthony Hobson (1921-2014) was the Director and Associate of Sotheby's, President of the Association Internationale de Bibliophoile, Honorary President of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, and a past President of the Bibliographical Society. This book studies, and compares, two sixteenth-century libraries. Jean Grolier's collection was… Read more about this item

1999. Hobson, Anthony. Renaissance Book Collecting: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, Their Books and Bindings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1999]. xix, 275 pp. Illustrations. Hardcover in fine dust jacket. $125.

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. First Edition in this form. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. ""Catalogue of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza's Library of Printed Books""--p. 141-201. ""This books studies, and compares, two sixteenth-century libraries. Jean Grolier's ... Diego… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. Cloth, dj., 4to. Slight rubbing to dj. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).

Cambridge University Press, 1999-08-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This 1999 book studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books. Hurtado de Mendoza's was a larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time.

Paperback / softback. New. This 1999 book studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books. Hurtado de Mendoza's was a larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time. Contains ninety-one half-tones of original bookbindings, several thematic indexes, eleven appendices and a bibliography.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 1999. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 296 pages. 12.00x8.75x1.00 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.