Los encuadernadores y su documentación de archivo en la Real Academia Española (1850-1866)

Abstract

This paper deals with the bindings made by various bookbinders to the Spanish Royal Academy. Archival documentation such as delivery notes, invoices, minutes of meetings are examined, as well as prices, types of work and number of copies. A search for the bindings is then carried out in the library itself, thus closing the complete study of each binding, analyzing the materials used, construction techniques, decoration (decorative structure, ornamentation techniques and utensils used) and the state of conservation of each copy. In this way we will observe the contractual relationship of each bookbinder with the Academy, the periods of attachment, types of work, thus learning to improve the history of the Academy itself, of Madrid's bookbinders and of Spanish bookbinding.