The Hispanic Rare Books of the Golden Age (1470-1699) collection is one of America's most outstanding collections of rare Hispanic books. It consists of approximately 1019 printed books, the property of the Newberry Library of Chicago. Among these printed books covering the entire period of the Spanish Golden Age, there can be found rarities considered museum pieces by scholars. Aleman, Amadis de Guala, las Casas, Cervantes, Granada, Guevara, Hurtado de Mendoza, Lazarillo de Tormes, Montemayor, Mejia, Nebrija, Quevedo, Rojas, Rivadeneyra, Valdes and Luis Vives, among hundreds of others, are represented in extremely rare editions as well as some translations into English, Dutch, French, Italian, and German.
| ISBN: | 9780820410661 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 1989 |
| Author: | Joseph L Laurenti |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 229 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies |