Corona gótica, castellana y austriaca políticamente ilustrada
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1023
Author
Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648
Title
Corona gótica, castellana y austriaca políticamente ilustrada
Statement of responsibility
Por D. Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, caballero de la Orden de Santiago, del Consejo de Su Majestad en el Supremo de las Indias y su plenipotenciario para la paz universal
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Biblioteca Clásica Española, Daniel Cortezo y C.ª, editores
Collection
Biblioteca Clásica Española
Printer
Establecimiento tipográfico-editorial de Daniel Cortezo y C.ª
Date
1887
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Biblioteca Clásica Española, Daniel Cortezo y C.ª, editores, 1887
Language
Spanish
Print run
Not identified
Collation
309 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
20 cm; octavo (8º)
Dimensions
20 cm
Paper type
Nineteenth-century wood-pulp paper; usual slight oxidation
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman typography; clean printing; editorial note clarifying the unfinished part
Binding type
Original publisher’s binding
Colours
Cloth stamped in red and black
Decoration
Gilt ornamentation; publisher’s emblem; spine with titles “Samaniego Fábulas / Corona / Gómez”
Spine
Cloth spine with gilt and black stamping; characteristic Cortezo publisher’s design
Content description
Edition of the political and historical work Corona gótica, castellana y austriaca, dedicated to the Prince of the Spains. It reproduces the only part completed by the author. A work of political and moral education for the prince through historical examples drawn from the Gothic kings and the early Hispanic kingdoms
Note 1
Political and historical work of the Spanish Golden Age
Note 2
1887 edition reproducing the part completed by the author
Note 3
Part of the heritage collection Biblioteca Clásica Española
Note 4
Decorative publisher’s binding, appreciated by collectors
Note 5
Complete and properly preserved copy
Main subject
Political and moral education of the prince
Subtopics
History of the Gothic kings; virtues of the ruler; political warnings; Christian morality and government; stability of kingdoms; political literature of the Spanish Golden Age
Shelfmark
1023
Condition
Very good; solid publisher’s binding; slightly oxidised paper
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Complete and well-preserved decorative publisher’s binding