The Golden Legend for Every Day of the Year. Lives of All the Saints Venerated by the Church. Volume II

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2019
1. Bibliographic Data
Author
Jacobus de Voragine (traditional attribution)
Title
The Golden Legend for Every Day of the Year. Lives of All the Saints Venerated by the Church. Volume II
Statement of responsibility
Revised by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus
Place of publication
Barcelona ; Paris
Publisher
Sociedad Editorial La Maravilla ; Don Francisco Brachet
Series
Not identified
Printer
Not identified
Date
1865
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona : Sociedad Editorial La Maravilla ; Paris : Don Francisco Brachet, 1865
Language
Spanish
Edition
Fourth edition
Alternative title
Lives of All the Saints Venerated by the Church
Short title
The Golden Legend. Volume II
Original work
Legenda Aurea
Original language
Latin
Translator
Not identified
Print run
Not identified
2. Physical Description
Collation
718 p.
Illustrations
Yes; engraved frontispiece depicting Saint Isidore
Maps
Not identified
Format
Large quarto
Dimensions
27 × 19 cm
Printer's signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Good-quality industrial paper, probably manufactured from a mixture of mechanical pulp and rag fibres, typical of illustrated editions of the mid-nineteenth century
Watermarks
Not identified
Printing condition
Good; complete and legible text, with moderate foxing
3. Binding
Binding type
Half-leather binding with green cloth-covered boards
Materials
Brown leather on spine and corners; decorative green cloth on boards
Decoration
Gilt title on spine; black and gilt stamped decoration on boards
Spine
Showing signs of use and minor superficial losses of leather
Endpapers
Geometric patterned paper
Binding condition
Good
4. Contents
Main contents
Hagiographical compilation intended to provide the lives of the saints venerated by the Catholic Church for each day of the year
Subjects covered
Lives of saints corresponding to the months of May, June, July and August
Characteristics
Based on the works of Ribadeneira, Croisset, Butler, Godescard and other hagiographical authors
Purpose of the work
Religious instruction, devotional reading and pastoral support for clergy and faithful readers
5. General Notes
Notes
Published with the approval and under the patronage of the Most Reverend Pantaleón Montserrat y Navarro, Bishop of Barcelona
Notes
Revised by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus
Notes
Includes an engraved frontispiece dedicated to Saint Isidore
Notes
Corresponds to Volume II of a work published in three volumes
Notes
Includes the final index of the volume
6. Subjects
Subjects
Hagiography
Subjects
Christian saints
Subjects
Catholic Church
Subjects
Christian spirituality
Subjects
Religious literature
Subjects
Lives of saints
Subjects
Religious history
Subjects
Catholic devotion
7. Copy Record
Shelf mark
2019
Condition
Good
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not identified
Handwritten annotations
Not identified
Copy notes
Corresponds to Volume II of the 1865 edition. Preserves the original engraved frontispiece depicting Saint Isidore and an old half-leather binding with cloth-covered boards. The volume shows moderate foxing and ordinary signs of use, but retains good structural integrity and complete readability throughout.