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

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2020
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 III
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
1866
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona : Sociedad Editorial La Maravilla ; Paris : Don Francisco Brachet, 1866
Language
Spanish
Edition
Fourth edition
Alternative title
Lives of All the Saints Venerated by the Church
Short title
The Golden Legend. Volume III
Original work
Legenda Aurea
Original language
Latin
Translator
Not identified
Print run
Not identified
2. Physical Description
Collation
[2], 666, [35] p.
Illustrations
Yes; engraved frontispiece depicting Saint Matthew the Evangelist and several plates inserted outside the text
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 abundant 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 significant wear and losses of leather, particularly at the raised bands and extremities
Endpapers
Geometric patterned paper
Binding condition
Fair
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 September, October, November and December
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 Matthew the Evangelist
Notes
Corresponds to Volume III and final volume of a work published in three volumes
Notes
Includes a general alphabetical index of saints
Notes
Includes the original list of plates for the three volumes
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
2020
Condition
Fair
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not identified
Handwritten annotations
Not identified
Copy notes
Corresponds to Volume III of the 1866 edition. Preserves the original engraved frontispiece depicting Saint Matthew the Evangelist, the list of plates and the final alphabetical index. The volume shows abundant foxing and losses of leather on the spine, but retains good structural integrity and complete readability throughout.