Manuscript list of manuscript and printed books, circa 1545

Name:

Páez de Castro, Juan, active 16th century

Timespan:

16th century; Early works to 1800

Date:

1545

Description:

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).

Language:

Latin

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.; 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.

Relation:

Unique at Penn blog post: https://repository.upenn.edu/uniqueatpenn/16/; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs431.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000323

Subject:

Books and reading -- History -- 16th century; Classical literature -- Early works to 1800; Printing -- History -- 16th century; Printing; History; Classical literature; Books and reading

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

fragments (object portions); book catalogs; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. leaf.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 431

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)