The 12 June 1539 contract
Contributors: Pablos, Juan, d. 1561?; Barbero, Gil, fl. 1539; Cromberger, Juan, d. 1540; M'Donald, Thomas W
Publisher: Libreria Anticuaria
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Mexico
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Printing -- History -- Mexico
Notes: The complete texts of the Juan Pablos and Gil Barbero contracts with Juan Cromberger, signed at Seville, June 1539, providing for the founding of what may have been the first printing-office in the Western Hemisphere. Originally published and "Englished" by T. W. M'Donald at Black Mack, Los Angeles, 1961, under title, Obelisk. Cf. National Union Catalog, 1959-62, Library of Congress card no. 61-19876

Contains facsimiles of printing dated 1540-1554