Publication: Amand König, un librero-editor moderno en el Estrasburgo de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII
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2015-12
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A comienzos de 1777 sale al mercado el Catalogue d´une belle collection des libres François anciens et modernes en el que se reúne la colección que el librero de ascendencia franco-alemana, Amand König, tenía puestos a la venta en su librería de la ciudad de Estrasburgo en 1776. Con una mentalidad moderna, dado su contenido y estructura, König registra alrededor de 3000 ediciones de libros y publicaciones periódicas francesas (parisinas y de provincia) y centroeuropeas - alemanas, suizas y de los Países Bajos- en su mayoría coetáneas, aunque también hay algunas ediciones de siglos anteriores. Se incluyen libros de todas las materias excepto de física, historia natural, medicina y teología católica porque estas aparecen en otros catálogos anunciados por este editor. Clasificados en 18 secciones temáticas, los impresos son descritos con minuciosidad e incorporan comentarios relativos a su condición de libros raros y curiosos, su posible utilidad o la belleza de su tipografía. Concebido, por tanto, con una mentalidad moderna, este catálogo resulta, además, ser un ejemplar rarísimo en nuestro país, ya que de él solo se conoce únicamente el conservado en la Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense
The Catalogue d'une belle collection des libres François anciens et modernes, which appears on the market in early 1777, lists the collection which Amand König, bookseller of French-German ancestry, had on sale in his bookshop in Strasbourg in 1776. With a modern mindset, visible both in the contents and the structure, König registers approximately three thousand editions of books and periodical publications from France (Paris and provinces) and Central Europe -Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands-, most of them contemporary, although a few are editions from earlier centuries. There are books on all subjects, with the exception of physics, natural history, medicine and Catholic theology, given that these appear in other catalogues which the publisher advertises. Classified in eighteen thematic sections, the items are described with great detail and with comments on their rarity or curiosity, on their possible utility or on the elegance of the typography. Conceived, as can be seen, with a modern mindset, this catalogue is also an exceedingly rare publication in our country, in that the only known copy is conserved in the Historical Library of the Complutense University.
The Catalogue d'une belle collection des libres François anciens et modernes, which appears on the market in early 1777, lists the collection which Amand König, bookseller of French-German ancestry, had on sale in his bookshop in Strasbourg in 1776. With a modern mindset, visible both in the contents and the structure, König registers approximately three thousand editions of books and periodical publications from France (Paris and provinces) and Central Europe -Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands-, most of them contemporary, although a few are editions from earlier centuries. There are books on all subjects, with the exception of physics, natural history, medicine and Catholic theology, given that these appear in other catalogues which the publisher advertises. Classified in eighteen thematic sections, the items are described with great detail and with comments on their rarity or curiosity, on their possible utility or on the elegance of the typography. Conceived, as can be seen, with a modern mindset, this catalogue is also an exceedingly rare publication in our country, in that the only known copy is conserved in the Historical Library of the Complutense University.