Vida de la Virgen María

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 146
1. Bibliographic data
Author
María de Jesús de Ágreda, Sor, 1602-1665
Title
Vida de la Virgen María
Statement of responsibility
According to the Venerable Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda; prologue by Emilia Pardo Bazán
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, S. A.
Printer
Talleres tipográficos de Montaner y Simón, S. A.
Date
1941
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Montaner y Simón, S. A., 1941
Language
Spanish
Tirage
No special limitation or numbering stated in the supplied images
2. Physical description
Collation
474 pages
Illustrations
Black-and-white plates outside the text; artistic frontispiece
Format
28 cm; large quarto
Dimensions
28 cm
Paper type
High-quality coated industrial paper
Watermarks
No watermarks or marks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Serif typography; sharp and carefully executed typographic printing
3. Binding
Binding type
Full leather binding
Colours
Brown and gilt
Decoration
Covers with double frame and gilt neo-baroque ornamentation
Spine
Decorated spine with gilt title
4. Content
Content description
Devotional and biographical work dedicated to the life of the Virgin Mary according to the mystical writings of Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, accompanied by an extensive religious iconographic apparatus
5. General notes
Note 1
Prologue by Emilia Pardo Bazán
Note 2
Includes chapter index and plate index
Note 3
Reproduces works by Luini; Ghirlandaio; Titian; Tiepolo; El Greco; Murillo; Gozzoli; Schönanger; Tintoretto; Van Dyck; Mantegna; Cerezo and Velázquez
Note 4
Illustrated edition with carefully produced editorial presentation
Note 5
Includes frontispiece with artistic reproduction of “The Virgin”, by Luini
Note 6
Work approved by ecclesiastical censorship according to the colophon
6. Subjects
Main subject
Mariology
Subsubjects
Marian devotion; religious literature; Spanish mysticism; Catholic spirituality; religious iconography
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
146
Condition
Good; solid binding; slight rubbing to extremities; some scattered stains and occasional foxing; clean and well-preserved interior
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Complete illustrated copy; no bookplates or manuscript annotations observed in the supplied images