Sotileza

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 203
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Pereda, José María de, 1833-1906
Title
Sotileza
Statement of responsibility
By José M. de Pereda, member of the Royal Spanish Academy
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Librería General de Victoriano Suárez
Series
Obras completas de D. José María de Pereda
Printer
Not identified
Date
1923
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Librería General de Victoriano Suárez (Preciados, 48), 1923
Language
Spanish
Tirage
No special print run or copy numbering indicated in the supplied images
2. Physical description
Collation
621 p., [1] h.
Illustrations
Ornamental typographic initials
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
18 × 12 cm
Typographic signatures
Not visible in the supplied images
Paper type
Good-quality industrial paper, slightly toned with fine texture
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed through transmitted light in the supplied images
Printing condition
Spanish serif typography; sharp and even printing; title page printed in two colours (red and black)
3. Binding
Binding type
Full mottled leather binding
Colours
Hazel brown and black
Decoration
Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt rolls, gilt fillets and black label with author and title in gilt; combed marbled endpapers in red, blue and black
Spine
Spine with five raised bands and black label lettered «PEREDA» and «SOTILEZA» in gilt
4. Content
Content description
Costumbrista novel set in nineteenth-century maritime Santander, centred on the lives of fishermen and harbour people, regarded as one of the fundamental works of Spanish literary regionalism
5. General notes
Note 1
Volume IX of the Obras completas of José María de Pereda
Note 2
Eighth edition stated on the title page
Note 3
Includes the dedication “A mis contemporáneos de Santander que aun vivan”
Note 4
Non-publisher artistic period binding
Note 5
Autograph signature «Alfred Gallart» in blue ink, dated «24.12.25», on the half-title
Note 6
Includes at the end a glossary of local words and technical terms (to p. 621) and the general index
6. Subjects
Main subject
Late nineteenth-century Spanish literature
Subsubjects
Regionalist novel; costumbrismo; Santander; maritime setting; Cantabria; Spanish realism
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
203
Condition
Good; sound binding with some scratches on the front board; foxing and scattered old stains, especially on preliminary leaves
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genís
Copy notes
Preserves marbled endpapers and full leather period binding; complete copy. Same binding as no. 0210 (volume XV of the same series)