Solitut

Víctor Català [pseudonym of Caterina Albert i Paradís (1869-1966)]

Solitut

By Víctor Català

Barcelona

Biblioteca Joventut

Fidel Giró, printer

1928

Barcelona: Biblioteca Joventut, 1928

Catalan

Third edition revised by the author; the edition states 35 copies on Japan paper, numbered in press from 1 to 35 and signed by the author, and 100 copies on laid paper numbered from 36 to 135; no special numbering is recorded for the copy described

336 pages

No illustrations; includes the printer's device at the end

Octavo

18 x 12 cm

Not verified from the supplied images

Cream-toned industrial paper with scattered foxing

No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images

Catalan serif typography; clear and legible letterpress printing; clean composition with opening index and final colophon

Later private half-leather binding with embossed cloth-covered boards

Dark brown leather and dark embossed cloth boards

Spine with gilt fillets and gilt lettering

Leather spine with gilt author and title; gilt initials A.G. stamped at the foot of the spine

Major novel by Víctor Català and one of the central works of Catalan literary modernism. The narrative follows Mila's inner development in a harsh and symbolic mountain landscape, exploring solitude, the condition of women, violence, nature and moral transformation. The index lists eighteen chapters: La pujada, Fosca, Claror, Neteja, Sumant dies, Rondalles, Primavera, La festa de les roses, Gatzara, Relíquies, Mal de montanya, Vida enrera, El Cimalt, En la Creu, La relliscada, Sospites, La nit aquella and La devallada

Third edition described as the “definitive text”

This third edition was revised by the author

The colophon states that printing was completed on 16 September 1928

The original novel was awarded the Fastenrath Prize at the Barcelona Floral Games of MCMIX

Printed by Fidel Giró, printer, in Barcelona

Copy later rebound for a private library, with gilt A.G. initials on the spine

Catalan literature

Catalan modernist novel; twentieth-century Catalan fiction; Caterina Albert i Paradís; Víctor Català; Fastenrath Prize; Barcelona Floral Games; women and literature; symbolism; mountain landscape

0110

Good overall condition; solid later binding; slight wear to spine and edges; scattered foxing on some leaves; complete and legible interior

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Copy rebound in half leather with embossed cloth-covered boards; polychrome decorated endpapers with multicoloured abstract pattern; spine with gilt title, author and A.G. initials corresponding to Alfred Gallart i Genis; manuscript signature of Alfred Gallart i Genis on a preliminary leaf; no evidence that this copy belongs to the special issue on Japan or laid paper