Libro de Sigüenza. Jornadas de este caballero levantino

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0217
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Miró, Gabriel, 1879-1930
Title
Libro de Sigüenza. Jornadas de este caballero levantino
Statement of responsibility
By Gabriel Miró
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Biblioteca Nueva
Series
Obras completas de Gabriel Miró; Volume VI
Printer
Establecimiento tipográfico de «El Adelantado de Segovia»
Date
1928
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 1928
Language
Spanish
Print run
Commercial edition issued within the author's collected works
2. Physical description
Collation
252 pages
Illustrations
Typographical headpieces, initials and ornamental vignettes in black and white; original illustrated publisher's cover preserved
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
18 x 12 cm
Typographical signatures
Volume VI
Paper type
Good-quality wove industrial paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Single-column letterpress printing; serif typeface; regular inking and excellent legibility
3. Binding
Binding type
Half leather with corners
Colours
Dark brown; burgundy; cream; multicoloured endpapers
Decoration
Gilt spine titles; marbled endpapers; original illustrated publisher's cover preserved
Spine
Brown leather spine with gilt author and title; decorative gilt rules
4. Contents
Description
Narrative work belonging to the literary world of Sigüenza, one of Gabriel Miró's most characteristic creations. It combines memory, landscape, observation, artistic sensibility and moral reflection, representing one of the finest examples of Spanish lyrical prose of the early twentieth century.
5. General notes
Note 1
Volume VI of the collected works of Gabriel Miró published by Biblioteca Nueva
Note 2
Copyright 1928 by Gabriel Miró
Note 3
Printed by Establecimiento tipográfico de «El Adelantado de Segovia»
Note 4
Original illustrated publisher's cover preserved
Note 5
Final index reaches page 252
6. Subjects
Main subject
Spanish literature
Subtopics
Gabriel Miró; Sigüenza; Spanish narrative; lyrical prose; twentieth-century literature
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0217
Condition
Good overall condition; minor wear to spine ends and edges; clean interior; solid binding
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Half-leather binding with corners; marbled endpapers; original illustrated publisher's cover preserved; spine bearing gilt A.G. initials corresponding to Alfred Gallart i Genis