Tratado de la tribulación

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1452
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Rivadeneira, Pedro de, 1527-1611
Title
Tratado de la tribulación
Statement of responsibility
Compuesto por el P. Pedro de Rivadeneyra, religioso de la Compañía de Jesús
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Biblioteca Clásica Española, Daniel Cortezo y C.ª, editores
Series
Biblioteca Clásica Española
Printer
Establecimiento tipográfico editorial de Daniel Cortezo y C.ª
Date
1885
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Biblioteca Clásica Española, Daniel Cortezo y C.ª, editores, 1885
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Edition of the Biblioteca Clásica Española collection
2. Physical description
Collation
318 pages
Illustrations
Vignettes and typographic ornamentation
Format
19 cm; octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
19 cm
Typographic signatures
Not verified from the supplied images
Paper type
Nineteenth-century wood-pulp paper; usual slight oxidation
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; clear printing; includes vignettes and typographic ornamentation
3. Binding
Binding type
Original publisher’s binding
Colours
Black and gilt stamped cloth
Decoration
Geometric and vegetal ornamentation; gilt stamping on boards and spine
Spine
Cloth spine decorated with titles and characteristic Cortezo publisher’s ornamentation
4. Content
Content description
Ascetic and religious treatise on human tribulations, their causes and spiritual remedies. Work divided into two books, dedicated to Empress doña María, with abundant moral and doctrinal references from the Christian tradition
5. General notes
Note 1
Spiritual and ascetic work of Spanish religious literature
Note 2
Edition published within the Biblioteca Clásica Española collection
Note 3
Preserves the original decorative publisher’s binding
Note 4
Copy of interest to collectors of nineteenth-century historicist editions
Note 5
Complete and properly preserved interior
6. Subjects
Main subject
Christian tribulation and spiritual consolation
Subsubjects
Christian asceticism; religious resignation; Catholic morality; human suffering; Jesuit spirituality; Spanish religious literature
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
1452
Condition
Good; solid binding; paper with slight oxidation and minor signs of use
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Well-preserved decorative publisher’s binding; complete interior