El Cántico espiritual: según el ms. de las Madres Carmelitas de Jaén
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1459
Author
Saint John of the Cross, 1542-1591
Title
El Cántico espiritual: según el ms. de las Madres Carmelitas de Jaén
Statement of responsibility
Edición y notas de M. Martínez Burgos
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Ediciones de «La Lectura»
Series
Clásicos Castellanos (first period)
Printer
Tipografía de La Lectura
Date
1924
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Ediciones de «La Lectura», 1924
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Edition of the Clásicos Castellanos collection; no indication of special issue observed
Collation
360 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
Small 8vo
Dimensions
18 cm
Typographic signatures
Not indicated
Paper type
1924 paper with homogeneous oxidation
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Text printed in one column; clear typography; wide margins
Binding type
Non-original rebinding
Colours
Spine with red and blue labels; black and white geometric shields
Decoration
Espasa-Calpe spine corresponding to the second period of Clásicos Castellanos
Spine
Board binding with geometric shields and coloured labels
Content description
Edition based on the manuscript preserved by the Carmelite Mothers of Jaén; fundamental mystical work of the Spanish Golden Age attributed to Saint John of the Cross
Note 1
Edition based on the manuscript of the Carmelite Mothers of Jaén
Note 2
First period of Clásicos Castellanos, prior to Espasa-Calpe
Note 3
Copy rebound with spine from the second period of the collection
Note 4
Shows typical oxidation of 1920s paper without affecting legibility
Note 5
Critical edition with notes by M. Martínez Burgos
Main subject
Sixteenth-century Spanish mysticism
Subsubjects
Saint John of the Cross; Spanish religious poetry; Spanish critical editions of the twentieth century; Carmelite spirituality; ascetic and mystical literature
Shelfmark
1459
Condition
Clean interior; firm paper; solid spine
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Later rebinding with Espasa-Calpe spine