The John Carter Brown Library: From the Bibliographic Exodus to the Mexican Heritage Conservation
Based on analysis of documents and auction catalogues, this paper shows an overview of the Mexican bibliographic exodus from 1868 to 1896, focused on the sale of Doctor Nicolás León's books to the Brown family. The John Carter Brown Library is one of the most important collections of books from...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Bibliographica |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.iib.unam.mx:article/78 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://bibliographica.iib.unam.mx/index.php/RB/article/view/78 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Book studies; history; historiography; library science; librarianship Nicolás León; Joaquín García Icazbalceta; Mexican cultural heritage; Mexican prints of the 16th century; 19th century bibliophilia Bibliología; historia; historiografía; bibliotecología; biblioteconomía Nicolás León; Joaquín García Icazbalceta; patrimonio cultural mexicano; impresos mexicanos del siglo XVI; bibliofilia decimonónica |
| Resumo: | Based on analysis of documents and auction catalogues, this paper shows an overview of the Mexican bibliographic exodus from 1868 to 1896, focused on the sale of Doctor Nicolás León's books to the Brown family. The John Carter Brown Library is one of the most important collections of books from and about the Americas. It is currently the first repository to keep the largest collection of Mexican prints of the 16th century. However, so far there is no story about how this collection was acquired. |
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