Parte segunda de las comedias del licenciado don Juan Ruyz de Alarcón y Mendoza

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2003
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, Juan, ca. 1581-1639
Title
Parte segunda de las comedias del licenciado don Juan Ruyz de Alarcón y Mendoza
Statement of responsibility
Dirigidas al excelentíssimo señor don Ramiro Felipe de Guzmán, Duque de Medina de las Torres; by don Juan Ruyz de Alarcón y Mendoza
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Sebastián de Cormellas, al Call
Printer
Sebastián de Cormellas
Date
1634
Imprint (isbd)
En Barcelona: por Sebastián de Cormellas, al Call, 1634
Language
Spanish
Edition
Second part of the comedies
Tirage
Early seventeenth-century edition; tirage not stated
2. Physical description
Collation
[12], 88 leaves
Illustrations
Ornamental woodcut vignettes; engraved initials; typographic ornaments
Maps
None
Format
Quarto
Dimensions
Approximately 20 cm
Typographic signatures
Visible typographic signatures and partial foliation; last preserved leaf: 88
Paper type
Laid rag paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Seventeenth-century hand-press printing; double-column composition; roman and italic antique typefaces; generally uniform inking
3. Binding
Binding type
Antique decorated flexible vellum binding
Colours
Cream, brown and sepia tones
Decoration
Vellum decorated with repetitive stamped vegetal motifs, birds and figures of popular Baroque character
Spine
Manuscript spine, partially deteriorated; visible losses along the edges
4. Content
Content description
Collection of twelve comedies by Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, including “Los empeños de un engaño”, “La verdad sospechosa”, “La manganilla de Melilla”, “Ganar amigos”, “Los pechos privilegiados” and “Examen de maridos”; includes approvals, censures, prologue and texts addressed to the reader
5. General notes
Note 1
Work printed in Barcelona by Sebastián de Cormellas in 1634
Note 2
Copy corresponding to a Spanish Baroque edition of Golden Age theatre
Note 3
Preserves original woodcut initials, typographic ornaments and decorative vignettes
Note 4
Text shows abundant foxing and evenly distributed oxidation
Note 5
Preserves the antique binding with signs of use and structural wear
Note 6
The title preserves the archaic spellings “Ruyz” and “Prohemio”
Note 7
Manual typographic composition with catchwords and signatures is visible
Note 8
The last preserved leaf corresponds to folio 88
Note 9
Decorated vellum binding of notable ornamental interest
6. Subjects
Main subject
Spanish Golden Age theatre
Subsubjects
Baroque comedy; seventeenth-century Spanish literature; classical Spanish theatre; Baroque printing; Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
2003
Condition
Acceptable condition; apparently complete copy according to the supplied images; abundant foxing and oxidation; wear and losses to the binding; stable paper and legible typography
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves original typographic elements; antique decorated binding; final page illustrated with ornamental woodcut vignette and final foliation 88