Andrés González de Barcia and the Creation of the Colonial Spanish American Library.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Andrés González de Barcia as Commentator in the First Phase of His Scholarship on the Historiography of the Indies -- 2 The Epítome de la Biblioteca, Before: Seventeenth-Century Conceptualizations of the Bibliographical Mission: Antonio de León Pinelo and Nicolás Antonio -- 3 The Epítome de la Biblioteca, After: Bibliography as a Reflection of Andrés González de Barcia's Intellectual Project for New World Scholarship -- 4 Andrés González de Barcia's Creation of the Spanish American Library and His Edition of Gregorio García's Origen de los Indios -- 5 The Index as a Scholarly and Political Tool in the Americanist Editions of Andrés González de Barcia -- Appendix: Complete Bibliography of González de Barcia's Americanist Editions (1720-1743) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Andrés González de Barcia and the Creation of the Colonial Spanish American Libraryis an investigation into González de Barcia and his editorial agenda. It is essential to understanding the nature and importance of this great scholar and his contribution to the development of Spanish historiography, bibliography, and book history.

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