Manuscript list of manuscript and printed books, circa 1545.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Páez de Castro, Juan, active 16th century.

Santander San Juan, Simon de, -1791, former owner.

La Serna Santander, Carlos Antonio de, 1752-1813, former owner.

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--History--16th century.

Books and reading.

Classical literature--Early works to 1800.

Classical literature.

Printing--History--16th century.

Printing.

History.

Genre:

fragments (object portions)

book catalogs

Manuscripts, Latin -- 16th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Inherited from Don Simon de Santander San Juan (Brussels), Spanish royal secretary, by his nephew Carlos Antonio de La Serna Santander (Kraus).

Sold by London dealer Thomas Thorpe to Sir Thomas Phillipps and bound with other Santander manuscripts into Phillipps ms. 4135, f. 136 (Kraus).

Formerly held by New York bookseller H.P. Kraus; disbound and offered for sale by H.P. Kraus (New York), catalog 196 (1994), as part of no. 127 (based on history of Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 39).

Sold by H. P. Kraus, cat. 219 (2002), no. 292, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2024.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 308 x 215 mm

Place of Publication:

circa 1545.

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

List of 33 works; at least 13 entries include publication information such as city of publication, printer, or date of publication; publishers include Robert Estienne of Paris and Joannes Oporinus and Robert Winter of Basel; dates range from 1530 to 1543. Most of the works are by classical authors, with several noted to be translations. The list is written in italic script on a single leaf removed from a larger volume, possibly foliated 136. 2 entries, for a book printed in 1509 by Aldo Manuzio and a book printed by Chrestien Wechel, added at the end in the hand of Spanish bibliographer Juan Páez de Castro (Kraus).

Notes:

Ms. leaf.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Related Collections:

Another book list in the same hand, formerly Phillipps ms. 4315, f. 171-172, is Ex Bibliotheca Medicea, Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 39, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Cited as:

Manuscript List of Manuscript and Printed Books (LJS 431). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

795194369

Online:

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