Incunable chronological tour of Spain and Mexico through the life and work of The Crombergers, Juan Pablos and Pedro Ocharte, 1453-1600

Abstract

This document presents a historical-chronological journey of the settlement of the printing press in New Spain, taking as its point of departure the Sevillian typographical establishment. Social and religious events of the moment are added to this important event, as well as the incunable editorial production.

The text has as main sources of information Spanish and Mexican catalogs, as well as the Catalog of Protocols of the General Archive of Notaries of Mexico City, 16th Century Fund and the General Archive of the Indies through Pares, Portal of Spanish Archives, of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain. The information obtained from bibliographical sources and other sources of "gray texts" allows the crossing of information of events with the printed books in its first stage. It is through the catalog of incunabula and printed works of the 16th century, from the Municipal Historical Library of Madrid, that is reviewed the establishment of the printing press in Europe, from Germany to Seville. This, as a precedent to the establishment of the first printing press in Mexico and the beginning of the history of the printed book in America. The work of Dr. María Isabel Grañen Porrúa and the collection of the Center for the Study of History of Mexico of CONDUMEX, are the sources from which continuity is given to incunable Mexican production.