Iberian Books Volumes II & III / Libros Ibéricos Volúmenes II y III (2 vols)
Books published in Spain, Portugal and the New World or elsewhere in Spanish or Portuguese between 1601 and 1650 / Libros publicados en España, Portugal y el Nuevo Mundo o impresos en otros lugares en español o portugués entre 1601 y 1650
Iberian Books II & III presents an indispensable foundational listing of everything known to have been published in Spain, Portugal and the New World, or of items printed in Spanish or Portuguese elsewhere, during the first half of the seventeenth century. Drawing on library catalogues, specialist bibliographies and studies, as well as auction catalogue records,
Iberian Books lists 45,000 items, and the locations of some 215,000 copies surviving in 1,800 collections worldwide. These volumes offer a powerful research tool which will appeal to researchers, librarians and to the book selling and collecting communities. They will prove invaluable to anyone with a research interest in the literature, history and culture of the Iberian Peninsula in the early modern age.
This set supplements
Iberian Books, which logs the Iberian print production up to 1601.
Los dos volúmenes de
Iberian Books II & III ofrecen un registro pionero de todos los impresos publicados en España, Portugal y el Nuevo Mundo, o en español o portugués en otros lugares, entre 1601 y 1650. A partir del trabajo realizado en bibliotecas, la revisión de bibliografías especializadas y de catálogos de casas de subastas,
Iberian Books recoge 45.000 impresos conservados en 215.000 ejemplares preservados en 1.800 colecciones de todo el mundo. Estos volúmenes ofrecen una herramienta de investigación de gran utilidad para investigadores, bibliotecarios, libreros y coleccionistas. Los dos volúmenes resultarán de enorme valor a todo aquel investigador interesado en la literatura, la historia y la cultura de la Península Ibérica de la Edad Moderna.
Alexander S. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (2002) St Andrews, is Director of the Centre for the History of the Media at University College Dublin. He is the author of a number of studies of the book world of early-modern Europe.
Alejandra Ulla Lorenzo, Ph.D. (2011), Santiago de Compostela, is an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin. She is a specialist in Golden-Age theatre studies, especially the work of Calderón de la Barca.
“a groundbreaking work ...
Iberian Books is an indispensable and irreplaceable source of data for anyone interested in studying the Iberian publishing industry in the first half of the seventeenth century.”
Benito Rial Costas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. In:
Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 654-656.
“The Iberian Books Project deserves our most heartfelt thanks. […] The value of these publications […] cannot be too strongly stressed.”
Trevor J. Dadson, Queen Mary University of London. In:
Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Vol. 96, No. 4 (2019), pp. 703-705.
“Enmarcado en el proyecto europeo Universal Short Title Catalogue,
Iberian Books se presenta a los investigadores no solo como utilísima herramienta bibliográfica, sino también como estímulo de renovación de métodos y enfoques, al ofrecer reunida, organizada, sistematizada y accesible toda la información sobre el libro ibérico en el período altomoderno.”
Victoria Pineda, Universidad de Extremadura.
Introduction (Alexander S. Wilkinson and Alejandra Ulla Lorenzo)
Introductory Essay - Publishing in the Iberian Peninsula, 1601-1650 (Alexander S. Wilkinson)
Introducción (Alexander S. Wilkinson y Alejandra Ulla Lorenzo)
Ensayo Introductorio - La industria editorial en la Península Ibérica, 1601-1650 (Alexander S. Wilkinson)
Literature / Referencias Bibliográficas
Abreviations / Abreviaturas
Library Codes / Códigos de las bibliotecas
Bibliography / Bibliografia
Index I – Date of Publication / Fechas de publicación
Index II – Printers and Publishers / Impresores y Editores
Researchers across all disciplines, as well as rare-book librarians, book sellers and collectors, who have an interest in the literature, culture and history of Golden Age Spain and Portugal.