Los hombres de pro

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 202
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Pereda, José María de, 1833-1906
Title
Los hombres de pro
Statement of responsibility
By José M. de Pereda; with a prologue by Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Librería General de Victoriano Suárez
Printer
Talleres Gráficos LUSY
Date
1933
Edition
Seventh edition
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Librería General de Victoriano Suárez, 1933
Language
Spanish
Tirage
No special print run or copy numbering indicated
2. Physical description
Collation
239 pages
Illustrations
Photogravure portrait of José María de Pereda; ornamental typographic vignette
Format
Large octavo
Dimensions
Approximately 19 cm
Typographic signatures
Not observed in the supplied images
Paper type
Toned industrial paper with slight even ageing
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Serif typography; sharp and well-preserved typographic printing
3. Binding
Binding type
Half leather binding
Colours
Green and marbled tones
Decoration
Spine with raised bands and gilt tools; marbled paper boards
Spine
Green leather spine with raised bands, gilt tools and stamped title
4. Content
Content description
Costumbrista and social novel centred on political life and the social aspirations of the Spanish provincial bourgeoisie during the nineteenth century; included within the Obras completas of José María de Pereda
Prologue
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Colophon
“1872”
5. General notes
Note 1
Copy belonging to the Obras completas of José María de Pereda
Note 2
Includes photogravure portrait of the author as frontispiece
Note 3
Uniform decorative period binding
Note 4
Preserves ornamental typographic vignette at the end of the text
6. Subjects
Main subject
Nineteenth-century Spanish literature
Subsubjects
Costumbrista novel; provincial bourgeoisie; local politics; Spanish realist fiction
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
202
Condition
Good overall condition; solid and well-preserved binding; slight stains and occasional foxing spots
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves decorative structure homogeneous with other volumes of the collection