Two Renaissance Book Collectors: Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

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Two Renaissance Book Collectors is an illustrated study of the lives and works of Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Jean Grolier, one of four Treasurers of France, is the most famous of all patrons of bookbinding, and has been described as the 'Prince of Bibliophiles'. This volume contains the first full account of his life since 1866. It shows that his date of birth has been miscalculated by ten years, explains why he commissioned no bindings...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198184182

ISBN13:9780198184188

Release Date:November 2099

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:280 Pages

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