Romancero, e historia del muy valeroso cavallero El Cid Ruy Diaz de Vibar, en lenguage antiguo
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1227
Author
Escobar, Juan de
Title
Romancero, e historia del muy valeroso cavallero El Cid Ruy Diaz de Vibar, en lenguage antiguo
Statement of responsibility
Recopilado por Juan de Escobar
Place of publication
Cádiz
Publisher
Not stated; printed by Pedro Ortiz
Collection
Not identified
Printer
Pedro Ortiz
Date
1702
Imprint (isbd)
Cádiz: por Pedro Ortiz, 1702
Language
Spanish
Print run
No special print run or copy numbering indicated
Collation
142, [2] h.
Illustrations
Woodcut vignette on the title page (lion with shield «P.D.L.»); woodcut fleuron at the end of the table; initials
Format
16mo
Dimensions
15 × 7.5 cm
Typographic signatures
«A3» and «A4» visible; catchwords at the foot of the page
Paper type
Handmade laid rag paper
Watermarks
No defined watermark appreciable; chain lines and laid lines characteristic of handmade laid paper are clearly visible under transmitted light
Printing condition
Early Spanish typography; manual letterpress printing with slightly irregular pressure and variable inking
Binding type
Period full leather binding
Colours
Brown
Decoration
Smooth spine with gilt chain rolls and dark brown label with title in gilt; marbled endpapers in green, blue, ochre and pink
Spine
Smooth spine with dark brown label «HISTORIA DEL CID»; leather cracked, two wormholes at the foot
Edges
Dark stained edges
Content description
Compilation of ballads and heroic narratives devoted to Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, in archaizing Castilian. Includes legendary episodes, military deeds, frontier ballads and traditional Castilian epic material linked to the Cidian cycle
Note 1
Cadiz edition from the beginning of the eighteenth century of the celebrated Romancero del Cid
Note 2
Preserves the original title page, with woodcut vignette
Note 3
On the verso of the title page, the tax certificate issued in Madrid on 7 October 1688 at the request of Juan de Calatayud Montenegro, bookseller, reprinted from the Madrid edition; followed by the approbation
Note 4
The text shows spelling and composition characteristic of late Baroque Castilian
Note 5
At the end: «En esta impression vàn añadidos muchos Romances, que hasta aora no han sido impressos»
Note 6
Binding probably somewhat later than the printing, possibly late eighteenth or early nineteenth century
Main subject
Spanish epic literature
Subtopics
Spanish balladry; El Cid Campeador; Baroque literature; historical ballads; Spanish popular literature; medieval Castilian history
Shelfmark
1227
Condition
Good for its age; sound binding, spine leather cracked, rubbed, two wormholes at the foot of the spine; foxing, old stains and some damp staining; complete copy
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genís
Copy notes
Old manuscript shelfmark «Fab. 27. n. 14» at the foot of the title page. No ownership mark of Alfred Gallart