Jesuit Books and Libraries in Europe, 1540s-1770s
The European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project
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).
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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). 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 tremendous support.
Women Printers from Valencia
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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Consortium of European Research Libraries Thesaurus (general 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
16th Century
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Gales, Jerónima. Fl. 1556-1587. Widow of Juan Mey, fl. 1543-1555 and of Pedro Huete, d. 1587.
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17th Century
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Garriz, Juan Crisóstomo, widow of. Fl. 1631-1640. Widow of Juan Crisóstomo Garriz, 15..-1629.
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18th Century
Veo, Margarita. Fl. 1744-1758; d. 1759. Widow of Antonio Bordazar de Artazu.
Vilagrasa, Isabel Joana. Fl. 1677-1709. Widow of Francesc Mestre.