Printing in colonial Spanish America / by Hensley C. Woodbridge and Lawrence S. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodbridge, Hensley Charles, 1923-2001.

Thompson, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Sidney), 1916-1986, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Latin America--History.

Printing.

Latin America.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 172 pages : facsimiles ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Troy, N.Y. : Whitston Pub. Co., 1976.

Summary:

This is greatly expanded and revised from Dr. Thompson's short survey of printing in Colonial and Hispanic America (1962). Like the earlier work, it is extensively illustrated; but unlike the earlier work, it is fully documented.

Contents:

i The Introduction of Printing to Mexico 1

ii Mexican Printing from Pablos' Death until the end of the Sixteenth Century 13

iii Printing after the Sixteenth Century in Mexico City 26

II The Beginning of Printing in Peru 41

III Printing in the Reducciones of Old Paraguay 51

IV The Beginning of Printing in the Rio de la Plata Region 60

V Printing in Puebla and Central America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 78

VI The Beginning of Printing in the Viceroyalty of New Granada 91

VII The Beginning of Printing in Chile 106

VIII The Beginning of Printing in The Spanish Antilles 114.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0878750762

OCLC:

2717702