Faust

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0590
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
Title
Faust
Statement of responsibility
Spanish version by J. Roviralta Borrell; ornamented by Manuel Farriols
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Editorial Ibérica, J. Puigés, S. en C.
Series
Los Grandes Poemas
Printer
Imp. Editorial Catalana, S. A., Mallorca, between 257-259
Date
1920
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Editorial Ibérica, J. Puigés, S. en C., 1920; Imp. Editorial Catalana, S. A., Mallorca, between 257-259
Original language
German
Language
Spanish
Translator
J. Roviralta Borrell
Edition/tirage
No special tirage stated
2. Physical description
Collation
Approximately 240 pages
Illustrations
Portrait of Goethe and decorative ornaments printed in blue and black
Maps
None
Format
Octavo approx.
Dimensions
Approximately 19 cm
Paper type
Industrial wove ivory-toned paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Typographic printing with modernist decoration; clear text impression; preserves final errata leaf
3. Binding
Binding type
Publisher’s decorated cloth binding
Colours
Red, black and gilt
Decoration
Cover with gilt modernist motifs and central figurative composition; spine decorated with geometric motifs
Spine
Red cloth spine with gilt title and ornamentation
Endpapers
Decorative endpapers printed in pale green
Edges
Ungilt edges
4. Content
Content description
Spanish translation of Goethe’s Faust; includes translator’s preface, portrait of Goethe and complete dramatic text; decorated edition issued within the Los Grandes Poemas series
5. General notes
Note 1
Barcelona modernist edition from the early twentieth century
Note 2
Preserves final errata leaf
Note 3
Interior with abundant oxidation and scattered foxing
Note 4
Decorative publisher’s binding well preserved according to supplied images
Note 5
Apparently complete copy
6. Subjects
Main subject
German literature
Subsubjects
Goethe; Faust; dramatic poetry; German Romanticism; literary translation
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0590
Condition
Good overall condition; solid binding; interior with abundant oxidation and foxing; printing well preserved
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy in decorated modernist publisher’s binding with gilt decoration; preserves portrait of Goethe and errata leaf