Jean-Christophe. Tome III

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0595
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Rolland, Romain (1866-1944)
Title
Jean-Christophe. Tome III
Statement of responsibility
Par Romain Rolland
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Albin Michel, Éditeur
Series
Jean-Christophe
Printer
Établissements Busson
Date
1932
Imprint (isbd)
Paris : Albin Michel, Éditeur, 1932
Language
French
Edition
Édition définitive
Alternative title
Not identified
Short title
Jean-Christophe III
Original work
Jean-Christophe
Original language
French
Translator
Not applicable
Tirage
Commercial edition in several volumes
2. Physical description
Collation
364 pages
Illustrations
None
Maps
None
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
19 x 13 cm
Typographic signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Good-quality industrial paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
French serif typography; single-column typographic printing; uniform inking and good legibility
3. Binding
Binding type
Private re-binding in half leather with boards covered in embossed cloth
Colours
Dark brown and brown
Decoration
Boards covered in embossed cloth; gilt titles, fillets and volume numbering on the spine
Spine
Dark brown leather spine with the author's name, the title Jean-Christophe, volume number III and gilt initials A.G., corresponding to Alfred Gallart i Genis
4. Content
Content description
Third volume of Romain Rolland's novel cycle Jean-Christophe. The copy includes a preliminary text entitled Dialogue de l'auteur avec son ombre and continues the narrative development of Christophe in France. The volume forms part of the definitive edition published by Albin Michel and corresponds to volume III of the series.
5. General notes
Note 1
Definitive edition of Jean-Christophe published by Albin Michel.
Note 2
Volume III of a multi-volume novelistic work.
Note 3
Colophon and printer documented by analogy with the preceding volume of the same edition and series.
Note 4
Decorated endpapers are preserved.
Note 5
The volume ends on page 364.
6. Subjects
Main subject
French literature
Subsubjects
French novel; twentieth-century literature; Romain Rolland; French fiction; Jean-Christophe; European humanism
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0595
Condition
Good overall condition; visible wear to spine and extremities; gilt decoration partly preserved; clean and legible interior
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy corresponding to volume III; preserves the gilt initials A.G. on the spine; private half-leather re-binding with embossed cloth-covered boards; decorated endpaper preserved