Proverbios morales
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1231
Author
Barros, Alonso de
Title
Proverbios morales
Statement of responsibility
De Alonso de Barros
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Not identified
Collection
Not identified
Printer
Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta
Date
1874
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta, 1874
Language
Spanish
Print run
Not identified
Collation
113 pages
Illustrations
Typographic vignette on title page
Format
32mo approx.
Dimensions
10.5 x 7 cm
Paper type
Industrial laid paper
Watermarks
Not observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
Nineteenth-century serif typography; clear letterpress printing; gilt edges
Binding type
Period full red leather binding
Colours
Red and gilt
Decoration
Gilt tooling on the spine; marbled endpapers
Spine
Decorated spine titled in gilt
Content description
Collection of moral proverbs and sententious verse by Alonso de Barros; includes prologue “Al lector” and a didactic and philosophical moral composition
Note 1
Nineteenth-century edition of a work originally published in Madrid in 1598
Note 2
Includes prologue “Al lector”
Note 3
Preserves typographic vignette on title page
Note 4
Small-format copy with careful decorative binding
Note 5
Preserves gilt edges
Main subject
Spanish moral literature
Subtopics
Proverbs; didactic literature; Spanish Golden Age; philosophical morality; sententious poetry
Shelfmark
1231
Condition
Good overall condition; slight rubbing and scratches to covers; minor signs of use and light scattered stains; clean and solid interior
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
No bookplates or manuscript annotations observed in the supplied images