Pensamientos y Recuerdos. Tomo Primero
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1840
Author
Bismarck, Otto von, 1815-1898
Title
Pensamientos y Recuerdos. Tomo Primero
Original title
Gedanken und Erinnerungen
Writer
Otto von Bismarck
Translator
Not identified
Statement of responsibility
Otón, Príncipe de Bismarck
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, editores
Series
Not identified
Printer
Montaner y Simón
Date
1898
Number of volumes
2 volumes
Volume described
Tomo Primero
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Montaner y Simón, editores, Calle de Aragón, núms. 309 y 311, 1898
Original language
German
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Spanish edition authorised by the Cotta house of Stuttgart
Collation
1 volume; Tomo Primero
Illustrations
Portrait of Otto von Bismarck after the painting by Franz von Lenbach
Format
8vo
Dimensions
20-22 cm
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Nineteenth-century wood-pulp paper; visible oxidation and occasional stains
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Clear typography; single-column printing; editorial composition typical of Montaner y Simón
Binding type
Original publisher’s binding
Colours
Red cloth with gilt stamping
Decoration
Gilt heraldic shield on front cover; vegetal and geometric ornamentation on spine
Spine
Title “Pensamientos y Recuerdos I” stamped in gilt; gilt floral decoration
Content description
First volume of Otto von Bismarck’s political and personal memoirs. Includes reflections, correspondence, autobiographical recollections and political analysis related to German unification and nineteenth-century European diplomacy
Chapters
Includes chapters revised by the author himself and a historical introduction on the genesis of the work
Subject matter
Nineteenth-century political memoirs; German unification; European diplomacy; political autobiography
Notable illustrations
Portrait of Bismarck after the painting by Franz von Lenbach
Note 1
Spanish edition authorised by the Cotta house of Stuttgart
Note 2
Copyright 1898 by J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger
Note 3
Spanish edition property of Montaner y Simón
Note 4
Includes portrait of Bismarck after the painting by Franz von Lenbach
Note 5
Modernist publisher’s binding characteristic of Montaner y Simón
Main subject
Nineteenth-century political memoirs
Subsubjects
German unification; European diplomacy; political autobiography; historical correspondence; European conservative thought; history of Germany
Shelfmark
1840
Condition
Very good; solid publisher’s binding; paper with typical but stable oxidation
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Cover and spine very well preserved; old stains on opening pages