El comercio con las musas. La primera biblioteca del Barón de Schönberg

Abstract

The aim of this work is to analyse the auction catalogue of the Baron of Schönberg's library, sold in Amsterdam in 1743. The study of the catalogue reviews the commercial strategies that booksellers implemented, clearly aimed at the bibliophile market. The study of the library considers the Baron's sources of supply of books, especially Spanish books, based on the sales catalogue itself, on his correspondence with Gregorio Mayans, and on other contemporary auction catalogues, which have provided us with an outline of the circulation of Spanish books in Holland, in particular manuscripts, during the first half of the XVIIIth century. Some of the themes of the Baron's books have also been studied, turning out to be very significant from the bibliophilia of the period.

Keywords

• book auction catalogues
• private libraries
• bibliophilia
• johann dietrich von schönberg
• xviiith century