[SCHOTTUS, Andreas].

Hispaniae Bibliotheca seu de Academiis ac Bibliothecis. Item Elogia et Nomenclator Clarorum Hispaniae Scriptorum, qui Latine disciplinas omnes illustrarunt Philologiae, Philosophiae, Medicinae, Jurisprudentiae, ac Theologiae, Tomis III distincta.

Woodcut printer's device on title. 4 p.l., 649, [7] pp. 4to, cont. vellum over boards (outer marginof title carefully strengthened, well recased). Frankfurt: Apud C. Marnium & haeredes J. Aubrii, 1608. First edition of the second Spanish national bibliography, preceded by one year by Valerius Andreas' Catalogus clarorum Hispaniae scriptorum. Schott's work describes about 1000 titles. Schott (1552-1629), Belgian philologist, taught Greek at Madrid and was later professor of Greek, rhetoric, and history at the newly founded University of Saragossa. Very good copy. Old stamp here and there of the Public Record Office (released 23 July 1984). Besterman, The Beginnings of Systematic Bibliography, p. 44.

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