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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0208
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Valera, Juan
Title
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Statement of responsibility
Original novel by Juan Valera
Place of publication
Madrid; Paris
Publisher
Biblioteca Perojo
Series
Biblioteca Perojo
Printer
Not identified
Date
Ca. 1891
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid; Paris: Biblioteca Perojo, ca. 1891
Language
Spanish
Edition
Not identified
Original work
Not applicable
Original language
Spanish
Print run
Commercial edition of the late nineteenth century
2. Physical description
Collation
308 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
Octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
19 × 13.5 cm
Typographical signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Machine-made wove paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Letterpress printing in black ink; uniform typographical composition and good legibility
3. Binding
Binding type
Full mottled leather binding
Colours
Light brown, reddish and gilt
Decoration
Boards with black stamped decoration; spine with gilt ornaments
Spine
Spine with false raised bands and a reddish title label lettered in gilt with author and title
4. Content
Content description
Original novel by Juan Valera, representative of late nineteenth-century Spanish fiction, focusing on social and psychological criticism, written in the elegant and ironic style characteristic of the author
5. General notes
Note 1
Published as part of the Biblioteca Perojo series
Note 2
Preserves the original publisher's wrapper bound in at the end of the volume
Note 3
Copy probably bound shortly after publication
Note 4
Contains a handwritten bookplate on the front endpaper bearing the inscription «José de Palacio y Vitery»
Note 5
Last numbered page: 308
6. Subjects
Main subject
Spanish literature
Subsubjects
Novel; nineteenth-century fiction; costumbrismo; social satire; Juan Valera
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0208
Condition
Good overall condition; sound binding; complete text block; widespread foxing throughout the paper; moderate wear to the leather edges
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy bound in full mottled leather with handmade marbled endpapers. It preserves the original publisher's wrapper bound in at the end of the volume and the handwritten bookplate «José de Palacio y Vitery» on the front endpaper.