A History & Bibliography of the Giunti (Junta) Printing Family in Spain 1514-1628 Tapa dura - 2004

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This work covers the Junta (Giunti) Press and the Imprenta Real in Burgos, Salamanca & Madrid, with a brief history of the several Giunti presses in Venice, Florence and Lyon, and a bibliography of the press of Juan Bautista Varesio in Burgos, Valladolid & Lerma." Quarto: xii, 1047 p. Full green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. cloth, hardcover. 8.5" x 11" cloth, hardcover. 1086 pages. The first edition of this monumental work opens with a 170 page history of the Giunti publishing family that covers their achievements in Italy, Spain and France from 1489 to 1628. As the great rivals of the Aldine Press, the Giunti aggressively captured large portions of the lucrative governmental and Church's printing business. From their base in Florence and Venice, family members set up printing presses in Burgos, Salamanca, Madrid, Valladolid, Lerma and Lyons. In Spain they became printers to the most powerful King in the world and established "The Imprenta Real," changing their name to "Junta." The comprehensive, 700 page bibliography of the books they published while in Spain is annotated with more than 148 wood cuts of their ornate title page art, imprints, and other identifying ornaments. The text also features the genealogical charts of the family, library holdings, and a documentary… Leer más