Our Century
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2013
Author
Leixner, Otto von
Title
Our Century
Statement of responsibility
By Otto von Leixner
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Montaner y Simón, Editores
Series
Not identified
Printer
Montaner y Simón Typographical and Publishing Establishment
Date
1883
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona : Montaner y Simón, Editores, 1883
Language
Spanish
Edition
Profusely illustrated edition
Alternative title
Historical survey of the most important social, artistic, scientific and industrial events of our age
Short title
Our Century
Original work
Not identified
Original language
German
Translator
Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo
Print run
Not identified
Collation
[8], 403 p.
Illustrations
Yes, numerous engravings and plates inserted throughout the text
Maps
Not identified
Format
Large folio
Dimensions
32 × 24 cm
Typographical signatures
Not identified
Paper type
High-quality industrial coated paper
Watermarks
Not identified
Printing condition
Good; moderate foxing and age spotting present
Binding type
Original publisher’s binding in red cloth stamped in gold and black
Material
Publisher’s cloth over boards
Decoration
Covers decorated with gilt lettering and ornamental borders; richly decorated spine with symbolic and vegetal motifs
Endpapers
Embossed decorative paper with geometric design
Binding condition
Very good
This work provides a broad historical survey of the nineteenth century, from the American War of Independence to approximately 1880. It examines the principal political, social, scientific, philosophical, industrial and artistic developments of the period.
Napoleonic Wars
European Revolutions
Scientific and Industrial Development
Philosophy and Religion
Literature and Fine Arts
The Labour Question
Contemporary Spanish History
Notes
German work translated, revised and annotated by Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
Notes
Illustrated edition intended for educational and cultural dissemination.
Notes
Part of the prestigious illustrated publications issued by Montaner y Simón, one of the leading publishing houses in late nineteenth-century Barcelona.
Notes
Retains a separate page bearing the engraved Montaner y Simón publisher’s emblem.
Subjects
Modern History
Subjects
Nineteenth Century
Subjects
World History
Subjects
Industrial Revolution
Subjects
European Political History
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Philosophy
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Science
Subjects
Literature
Shelf mark
2013
Condition
Very good
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves its complete original publisher’s red cloth binding decorated in gold and black. Shows light foxing scattered throughout some leaves, typical of books of this period. Original decorative endpapers preserved. A bibliographically and aesthetically attractive copy, representative of the luxury editions produced by Montaner y Simón in the late nineteenth century. Structurally complete and with excellent shelf presence.