Jesuit Books and Libraries in Europe, 1540s-1770s
The European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project
This is the largest census of books owned by European Jesuit institutions prior to the suppression. It includes both texts currently held in libraries and information from pre-1773 inventories, and is an ongoing project created by Kathleen Comerford (Georgia Southern University).
The EJLPP depends not only on libraries willing to share their collections, but on student interns. Our tenth assistant, Baoxin Lau (BA student), completed her semester with us in Spring 2021! Since then, we've had four more students, including the prize-winning Mady Bullard (see the About Us section for more), who is currently pursuing a degree in Library and Information Studies at Valdosta State. Students have created and maintained the Digital Commons site, worked on biographies for Jesuit authors, and helped me create the lists of women printers. I'm so proud of the work they all have done, and grateful to Georgia Southern for its support of student and faculty research.
Women Printers from Alcalá de Henares
(Research by Rachel Oliver [contributions identified with "RO"] Baoxin Lau [contributions identified with "BL"], Mady Bullard [contributions identified with "MB"], and Kathleen Comerford; writing by Baoxin Lau, Gary Randolph [contributions identified with "GR"] and Kathleen Comerford)
Entries without attribution are by Kathleen Comerford
N.B. General biographical information on the women included here can be found at one or more of the following publications or knowledge bases, which were used in collecting data for these vignettes.
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books printed by these women
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CERL (Consortium of European Research Libraries Thesaurus): (eneral information; search page
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Bibliotheque nationale de France notices d’autorité
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Biblioteca nacional de España Mujeres impresoras
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Library of Congress Authorities
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Delgado Casado, Juan. Diccionario de impresores espanoles (siglos XV-XVII). 2 vols. Madrid: Arco/Libros, 1996.
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Establés Susán, Sandra. Diccionario de mujeres impresoras y libreras de España e Iberoamérica entre los siglos XV y XVII. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2018.
15th-16th Centuries
Brocar, María de (dates unknown). Arnaldo Guillén de Brocar worked as a printer from 1492-1500 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and married María de Zozaya. He was succeeded by Miguel de Eguía, who married their daughter María de Brocar in 1518. Eguía and María had two children, Jeronimo and María.They were printers of the king and of the bula de cruzada, They printed in Pamplona, 1490-1501; in Logroño, 1502-1514 and 1517; in Alcalá de Henares, 1511-1523; in Valladolid, 1514-1519; in Toledo, 1518-1521; and Salamanca, dates unknown. MB, GR, KC
Rodríguez Rivalde, María. Fl. 1587-1624. Wife and widow of Juan Íñiguez de Lequerica, who worked in Alcalá de Henares, Spain from 1570-1599. His wife, María Rodríguez Rivalde, worked with him until his death from 1594 to 1604. Their daughter, Antonia Íñiguez de Lequerica, married Pedro Varez de Castro, in 1594 and worked with María until at least 1600. MB, GR
de Eguía, Maria de Brocar Guillén (fl. 1518). Miguel de Eguía worked from 1494-1558 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. His wife, María de Brocar Guillén Eguía, started working there with him around 1518. He apprenticed for Arnaldo Guillén de Brocar, Maria’s father. He later remarried to Lucía de Rosas y Verio and was succeeded by Juan de Brocar. He worked with Juan de Brocar and Pedro de Brocar. Martín de Eguía ran the Giunta/Junta press in Burgos 1530-1534--he may have been Miguel's brother. MB, GR
Gracián, Maria Ramirez (active 1587-1632). Alcala de Henares. Maria Ramirez was married to the printer Juan Gracian. Upon his death in 1587, she took over the print shop and began printing as ‘viuda de [widow of] Juan Gracian” and as “heirs of Juan Gracian.” Works printed in this shop were noted for typographic errors, due to the poor condition of her printing materials. Their heirs also worked with Juan de Montoya (fl. 1585?-1605?), and María Tomàs (fl. 1595-1598). She only printed under her own name once, in 1600: La selva de aventura, by Jeronimo de Contreras. RO, BL, MB, GR
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Establés Susán, Sandra. Diccionario de mujeres impresoras y libreras de España e Iberoamérica entre los siglos XV y XVIII. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2018, p. 421.
Zozaya, María de (d. 1523). She was the wife of Arnaldo Guillén de Brocar (fl. 1492-1500) and mother of María de Brocar.
17th Century
Salinas Sánchez de Ezpleta, Ana de (life dates unknown). Ana de Salinas Sánchez de Ezpleta was the wife and widow of Andrés Sánchez de Ezpleta. They worked together in their print shop in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, which her husband inherited from his father Justo Sanchez Crespo, and Crespo’s wife, who also worked there from 1607 to 1609. Ana worked in the print shop from 1608 to 1622. Andrés had only worked there from 1611-1619; died in 1633. MB, GR
Villodas y Orduña, Juan de, widow of (fl. 1631-1634). In Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Juan de Villodas y Orduña, worked with his wife. Her first name is unknown. Juan worked from 1624-1634. His wife only worked with him for a few short years before his death, from 1631 to 1634. They were printers for the University of Alcalá. MB, GR
18th Century
García Briones, Maria (fl. 1744-1770) was a print shop owner and printer in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, from 1744 to 1770. She was possibly related to Julián Francisco Briones and the widow of José Espartosa (María Claudia Espartosa y Briones, fl. 1772-1788). MB, GR