El paraíso perdido; El paraíso recobrado
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2002
Author
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Title
El paraíso perdido; El paraíso recobrado
Original title
Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained
Writer
John Milton
Translator
Cayetano Rosell
Statement of responsibility
Según el texto de las ediciones más autorizadas; nueva traducción del inglés, anotada y precedida de la vida del autor por Don Cayetano Rosell; ilustrada por Gustavo Doré
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, Editores
Printer
Establecimiento Tipográfico-Editorial de Montaner y Simón
Date
1886
Edition
New illustrated translation
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona: Montaner y Simón, Editores, 1886
Original language
English
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Large-format Spanish illustrated edition
Collation
271 pages
Illustrations
50 wood-engraved plates after drawings by Gustave Doré
Format
Large folio
Paper type
Good-quality industrial coated paper
Printing condition
Classical nineteenth-century serif typography; typographic printing with wood engravings; clean and well-impressed text
Binding type
Deluxe publisher’s full leather binding, stamped and blind-tooled
Colours
Black and gilt
Decoration
Vegetal and geometric ornamentation on boards; gilt tooling; high-quality decorative stamping
Spine
Spine with raised bands and compartments decorated in gilt
Content description
Spanish illustrated edition of John Milton’s major religious and epic works. Includes the life of the author, Paradise Lost in twelve books, critical judgements on the work and Paradise Regained in four books
Chapters
Life of John Milton; Paradise Lost; critical judgements; Paradise Regained
Subject matter
English epic literature; religious poetry; John Milton; nineteenth-century illustrated book
Notable illustrations
Engraved plates after compositions by Gustave Doré
Note 1
Large-format Spanish illustrated edition published by Montaner y Simón
Note 2
Illustrated with wood engravings after drawings by Gustave Doré
Note 3
Preserves original decorative publisher’s binding
Note 4
Copy of notable interest for collectors of nineteenth-century illustrated books
Note 5
Presents scattered foxing and oxidation typical of copies of the period
Main subject
English epic literature
Subsubjects
John Milton; religious poetry; seventeenth-century English literature; nineteenth-century illustration; Gustave Doré; illustrated book; editorial Romanticism
Shelfmark
2002
Condition
Good; solid binding with wear and rubbing to boards and spine; scattered foxing and oxidation stains, especially in preliminaries and margins
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not observed in the supplied images
Copy notes
Preserves original decorated publisher’s binding; copy illustrated with engravings by Gustave Doré