The value of digitizing heritage collections for research Identification of copies from Guillermo Reymon's bookstore

Abstract

The digitization of heritage collections significantly facilitates research work, on the one hand, it allows overcoming the barrier of geographical distance and, on the other, it makes it easier to quickly compare rare books from different sources. We present a real case, the process of identifying copies from the bookstore of Guillermo Reymon printer and bookseller, of the 16th century, thanks to the appraised inventory that we know through the dowry letter of his widow, Juana de Mata, using different bibliographic tools we have roughly reconstructed what must have been the only bookstore existing at that time in the city of Cuenca.