Incunabula
The incunabula collection of the Biblioteca Historica is of great importance; it
is formed by 728 copies. Considering the numbers of
incunabula in spanish collections, the Historical Library ranks fourth next to
Biblioteca Nacional, Colombina from Sevilla and the Barcelona University and
second regarding the numbers of spanish works |
Johannes de Ketham. "Epílogo en medicina y cirugía o Compendio de la salud humana. Pamplona: Arnaldo Guillén de Brocar, 1495. [BH INC I-271] |
Some key works of the Spanish culture
in this collection are ¨Gramatica castellana¨of Nebrija (Salamanca, 1492), the ¨Libro de
albeiteria¨ of Manuel Diaz (Valladolid, 1500), the¨Cura de la piedra¨of Julian
Gutierrez (Toledo,1498), the ¨Liber chronicarum¨ of Schedel (Nuremberg, 1492)
and the ¨Viaje de Tierra Santa¨(Travel to the Holy Land)of Breidenbach
(Zaragoza, printed by Pablo Hurus, 1498).
An excellent catalogue of the collection developed by Josefina Canto Bellod and Aurora
Huarte Salves is available
in the Library.