El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1274
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
Title
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha
Statement of responsibility
Compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, Editores
Collection
Not identified
Printer
Montaner y Simón, Editores
Date
1897
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Montaner y Simón, Editores, 1897
Language
Spanish
Print run
Facsimile edition of the Madrid editions of 1608 and 1615; bibliophile edition of the late nineteenth century
Original work
El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha
Original language
Spanish
Translator
Not applicable
2. Physical description
Collation
[73] leaves, 277 pages
Illustrations
Woodcut initials and decorative borders reproduced facsimile-style
Format
Quarto (4º)
Dimensions
Not determined
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Good-quality industrial paper from the late nineteenth century; slight usual oxidation
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Facsimile typographic reproduction with historicist composition; ornamental initials and decorative borders
3. Binding
Binding type
Flexible vellum or industrialized vellum-style period binding
Colours
Yellowish cream and black
Decoration
Black typographic lettering on spine; sober scholarly facsimile edition structure
Spine
Smooth spine lettered “El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha”; numeral “I” and date “1608” at foot
4. Content
Content description
Includes Tassa, Licencia, Dedicatoria, table of chapters and complete text of the First Part of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha, reproduced facsimile-style from the Madrid edition of 1608
5. General notes
Note 1
Facsimile edition published by Montaner y Simón in Barcelona in 1897
Note 2
Typographically reproduces the Madrid edition of 1608 printed by Juan de la Cuesta
Note 3
Preserves colophon “FINIS”
Note 4
Well-preserved copy
Note 5
Possible historical connection with the editorial environment of Montaner y Simón, where Alfred Gallart developed professional activity
6. Subjects
Main subject
Spanish Golden Age literature
Subtopics
Novel; Cervantes; Don Quixote; publishing history; Spanish literature; facsimile editions; Cervantine bibliography
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
1274
Condition
Good; firm paper; sharp printing; slight usual oxidation
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Old flexible vellum or industrialized vellum-style binding; complete pages