Reflexions on the Picture Book of the Printer Fadrique Biel of Basel

Authors

  • José Luis Canet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/RPM.2016.30.0.50219

Keywords:

Ilustrated Book, Fadrique Biel de Basilea, Hispanic Incunabula Printing

Abstract

This article aims to study the illustrated print works produced by Fadrique Biel, Alemán de Basilea, printer of Burgos, during the time of the incunabula productions. Almost all of his books illustrated with engravings were copied from the presses of the Hurus, the printers in Zaragoza, and some of them imitate the French books printed in the late fifteenth century. Hence, he may have maintained an unfair competition with the printers that inspired him. The innovations advanced by the carvers and engravers of the printing houses in Burgos are poor, and as a consequence, the originality of the engravings in the Comedy of Calisto and Melibea printed by Fadrique de Basilea is here questioned.

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Published

2016-12-05

How to Cite

Canet, J. L. (2016) “Reflexions on the Picture Book of the Printer Fadrique Biel of Basel”, Revista de poética medieval, 30, pp. 81–104. doi: 10.37536/RPM.2016.30.0.50219.

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