Documents relating to early printing in Peru

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{"value"=>"6129", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20309797", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 6129", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1584-1628", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1584/1628"}

date_inclusive_start

1584

date_inclusive_end

1628

keydate

1584

unittitle

{"value"=>"Documents relating to early printing in Peru"}

{"value"=>"Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness collection, ca. 1400-1945"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Documents relating to early printing in Peru, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Edward S. Harkness, 1933, forming part of the Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness Collection</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"type"=>"formspartof", "value"=>"<p>Forms part of <span class=\"unittitle\">Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness collection, ca. 1400-1945.</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.25 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1584

date_end

1628

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