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Documents relating to early printing in Peru
- Title
- Documents relating to early printing in Peru, 1584-1628.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 6129 box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .25 linear foot (1 box)
- Summary
- Collection of manuscripts (469 numbered leaves and 10 unnumbered leaves) documenting the origins of printing in South America. Documents are primarily legal records concerning the work of printers Antonio Ricardo of Lima, Peru, and his collaborator and successor, Francisco del Canto. Ricardo, a native of Turin, Italy, worked as a printer in Mexico. He emigrated to Lima, Peru in 1581 where he established his press, printing the first book in South America in 1584. Notable documents include Ricardo's contracts with pressmen and bookbinders (1584), as well as the inventory of his printing workshop (folios 173r-178v), sold to del Canto in 1605. Del Canto continued printing until his death in 1618. In Spanish.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Edward S. Harkness, 1933, forming part of the Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness Collection
- Call Number
- MssCol 6129
- OCLC
- 892566543
- Title
- Documents relating to early printing in Peru, 1584-1628.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source
- Donated by Edward S. Harkness, 1933, forming part of the Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness Collection
- Occupation
- Printers.
- Added Author
- Canto, Francisco del.Ricardo, Antonio, 1540?-1606.Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness collection, ca. 1400-1945.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 6129