Recoleta Arequipa Gallery

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I expect the Spanish InquisitionAs a follow up to an earlier post, here is a book that provides anot

Happy anniversary, books!Maybe they don’t want to remember this day. 400 years ago today, on 17 Febr

Happy anniversary, books!Maybe they don’t want to remember this day. 400 years ago today, on 1

The Recoleta has at least sixteen volumes from various editions of the Suma de la theologia moral, b

This book has everything.

Prior to the printing press in Cusco, PeruThe printing press did not come to Cusco until the 1820s.

MarginaliaAs a followup to the earlier Manicule post, here are two more interesting examples of marg

A tree calf and its pair.

What do drawings in books tell us about users?In the case of this 1726 Lyon imprint from the Recolet

One of the finest examples of publishing during The Golden Age of Printing is the three-volume set,

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!This 1604 Salamanca imprint met the wrong end of an inquisito

Two views of the library

Two examples of marcas de fuego, or book brands, from the Recoleta’s collection. This marking

Cat’s paw calf

Happy vernal equinox from the Recoleta! Here’s a leafy mandrake to celebrate. -John

Here’s an interesting binding. There’s an 1823 Arequipa imprint on a pamphlet bound

I expect the Spanish InquisitionAs a follow up to an earlier post, here is a book that provides anot

Gun violence–17th century bookplateBookplate found to the front of an 1806 Madrid imprint

Suffering in SyriaIn 1632 a group of Franciscan friars traveled to the Holy Land and Juan de Calahor

Fore-edge labelFore-edge shelf label of volume one of a seven volume set by Laurentius Surius De Pro

Butter churnEarly illustrations of machinery and equipment are often difficult to understand. Here t

Emoticon from 1603From Juan Marquez, Los Dos Estados de la Espiritual Hierusalom, Medina del Campo,

Strange message from long ago and far awayThis is found to the rear of Rodrigo de Portillo, Libro de

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