Antoni Palau Dulcet (
Montblanc, 1867 -
Barcelona
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, 1954), librarian and bibliographer, author of the monumental ''Manual del librero hispano americano''
(''Hispanic American bookseller Manual '', 1923-1945), '' Conca de Barbera '' (1912),and numerous guides from "Montblanc, Poblet i la Conca" (1930-1932).
Biography
He investigated the introduction of
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in Spain in the ''De los orígenes de la imprenta y su introducción en España'' ('' From the origins of printing and its introduction in Spain ''), 1952.
He is best known as the author of an indispensable
[Asín Remirez de Esparza, 2008, pp. 105-108.] ''Manual del librero hispano-americano: inventario bibliográfico de la producción científica y literaria de España y de la América Latina desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestros días, con el valor comercial de todos los artículos descritos (1923-1945), en siete volúmenes'' ('' Handbook of the Spanish-American bookseller: bibliographic survey of scientific and literary production of Spain and Latin America since the invention of printing to our days, with the market value of all the items described '' (1923-1945), in seven volumes'').
In its second edition it consisted of 28 volumes published between 1948 and 1977, and seven volumes of indices between 1981 and 1987 by
Agustín Palau Claveras with: Alphabetical title-materials, corrections and additions connections, a total of 35 volumes.
He also prepared bibliographies of
Miguel de Cervantes
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and
Francisco de Quevedo
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and an interesting autobiography, ''Memòries d'un llibreter català'' ('' Memoirs of a Catalan bookseller '') (1935), which demonstrates his
humanist
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spirit and Cultural altruistic desire.
He was named favorite son of
Montblanc in 1949. On 31 July 1949, the mayor of the "Vila Ducal" ,
Jose Maria Abelló Barrios handed him the silver medal.
Work
* ''El Año artístico y literario en Barcelona 1895'' Barcelona: Establecimiento Tipográfico, 1896
* ''Bibliografia cronològica de Balmes'' Barcelona: Imp. Fills de Jepús, 1915
* ''Bibliografía de Cervantes con el valor commercial de las obras descritas por Antonio Palau y Dulcet'' Barcelona: Librería anticuaria, 1924
* ''Bibliografía de don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra'' Barcelona: Librería Palau, Asociación de libreros y amigos del libro, 1950
* ''Bibliografía de la Conca de Barberà'' Barcelona, 1915
* ''La biblioteca del Marquès de Lió: notícia'' Barcelona: Llibreria Antiquària d'Antoni Palau, 1909
* ''Conca de Barbarà'' Barcelona: Impremta Romana, 1931-1932
** 1 - ''Guia de Montblanch'' Barcelona: Impremta Romana, 1931
** II - ''Guia de Poblet'' Barcelona: Impremta Romana, 1931
** III - ''Guia de la Conca'' Barcelona: Impremta Romana, 1932 (edició facsímil Montblanc: Consell Comarcal de la Conca de Barberà, 2007 )
* ''La Conca de Barberá: monografía histórica y descriptiva'' Barcelona: Francesc Altés impressor, 1912
* ''De llibres i llibreters'' Barcelona: Antonio Palau, 1924
* ''Librería anticuaria de Antonio Palau'' Barcelona: Antonio Palau, 1909
* ''
Manual del librero hispano-americano: inventario bibliográfico de la producción científica y literaria de España y de la América Latina desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestro días, con el valor comercial de todos los artículos descritos'' Barcelona: Libreria Anticuaria, 1923-1927. 7 volums
** Edició facsímil ''Manual del librero hispano-americano: inventario bibliográfico de la producción científica y literaria de España y de la América Latina desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestro días, con el valor comercial de todos los artículos descritos''. En 7 volums, Madrid: Julio Ollero, 1990 , reimpresa el 2004 )
* ''Manual del librero hispano-americano: bibliografía general española e hispano-americana desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestros tiempos, con el valor comercial de los impresos descritos'' 2a ed. corregida. Barcelona : Librería Palau, 1948-1977. 28 volums
**
Agustín Palau Claveras ''Índice alfabético de títulos-materias, correcciones, conexiones y adiciones del Manual del Librero Hispanoamericano de Antonio Palau Dulcet'' Empúries: Palacete Palau Dulcet; Oxford: The Dolphin Book, 1981-1987 (v. 1), 8430071695 (v. 2), 8430094822 (v. 3), 8439811594 (v. 4), 8439835493 (v. 5), 8439857969 (v. 6), 8439884958 (v. 7)
** Agustín Palau Claveras ''Addenda & corrigenda o Volúmen complementario del tomo primero del Manual del librero hispanoamericano de Antonio Palau y Dulcet'' Barcelona: Palacete Palau y Dulcet, 1990
* ''Memorias de libreros'' Madrid: Librería para bibliófilos, 1949
* ''Memòries d'un llibreter català'' Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1935
** Edició castellana ''Memorias de un librero catalan, 1867-1935'' Barcelona: Llibreria Catalònia, 1935
* ''Los orígenes de la imprenta en España'' Barcelona; Palau, 1948
** ''De los origenes de la imprenta y su introducción en España'' Barcelona: Librería Palau, 1952
* ''Refranes castellanos y sentencias de los Santos Padres: texto del siglo XVIII'' Barcelona: Imp. Ràfols, 1928
* ''La Semana Santa en Montblanch en 1928'' Barcelona: Impremta Ràfols, 1928
* ''La vespra de Sant Joan a Montblanch en 1927'' Montblanch: Cal Sala, 1927
Bibliography
''Antoni Palau i Dulcet i Josep Porter i Rovira: dos montblanquins apassionats pels llibres''. Montblanc: Centre d'Estudis de la Conca de Barberà. Col·lecció biografies 2. 2007.
See also
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La Cartografía Mallorquina
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Memorias históricas (Capmany)
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Història de la Marina Catalana
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Mestre Jácome
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Administratively, Mestre forms (together with the nearby Carpenedo) the ''Municipalità di ...
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Abraham Cresques
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Arte de navegar
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Antonio de Capmany
Antonio de Capmany y Montpalau (24 November 1742Cadis, Andalusia, 14 November 1813) was a Spanish polygraph.
Life
Campany was born at Barcelona, and studied logic and humanities at the Jesuit-run College of Bishops in Barcelona. He entered the a ...
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Próspero de Bofarull y Mascaró
Prospero de Bofarull y Mascaró (1777, in Reus – 1859) was a Spanish historian and archivist, archivist and director of the General Archive of the Crown of Aragon between 1814 and 1840 and from 1844 to 1849.
Biography
He has followed studies ...
References
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1867 births
1954 deaths
Writers from Barcelona
20th-century Spanish historians