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

by Anthony Hobson

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 volumecontains 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: 220 Pages