Typographical establishments in the first third of the 20th century and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Archival documentation on bookbinders

Abstract

The aim of this work is to find out which were the printing establishments that worked for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in the first third of the 20th century, identifying the type of bindings, number of copies, prices, the relationship with other establishments and bookbinders, thus contributing to knowledge of the history of the Royal Academy itself and also of the history of the Madrid and Spanish bookbinding workshops of the first third of the 20th century. The research has unearthed documentation on such important establishments as Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, the Nueva Imprenta de San Francisco de Sales, the Establecimiento Tipográfico Nieto y Compañía, the Hauser y Menet phototypesetting workshop, Artes Gráficas e Industriales Mateu, the Establecimiento Tipográfico J. Sánchez de Ocaña y Compañía, the establishment of Viuda e hijos de José Fernández Iglesias, the Compañía de Ribed Miranda, the Establecimiento Tipo-Litográfico C. Cisneros, the Establecimiento A. M. Crespo, the Vicente Rico warehouse and the Establecimiento de E. Pérez Vallejo.