La Gitanilla
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2026
Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Title
La Gitanilla
Statement of responsibility
Etchings by Ramón de Capmany
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Hora
Series
Nominada. Deluxe Edition Series
Printer
Juan Sallent, Sucr.
Date
1946
Imprint (isbd)
Barcelona : Hora, 1946
Language
Spanish
Edition
Bibliophile edition illustrated with original etchings
Alternative title
Novelas ejemplares. La Gitanilla
Original work
Novelas ejemplares
Original language
Spanish
Translator
Not applicable
Print run
Limited edition of 128 copies. Special Artist's Copy N, belonging to the reserved series of fifteen artist's copies marked from A* to N*.
Collation
127 pages, final index and original etchings inserted outside the text
Illustrations
Original etchings by Ramón de Capmany; the index of the volume lists eleven engravings
Maps
None
Format
Large folio
Dimensions
34.5 × 28.5 cm
Typographical signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Gran Hilo paper manufactured by Guarro
Watermarks
Hora watermark
Printing condition
Excellent typographical impression on high-quality paper, printed in black and red
Binding
Bibliophile binding in blue half leather with corners and boards covered in hand-marbled paper
Materials
Dyed leather and marbled paper
Decoration
Spine decorated with gilt tools and double red title labels lettered in gilt
Endpapers
Contemporary paper
Edges
Ungilded
Binding condition
Very good
Main content
Illustrated edition of La Gitanilla, the first of Miguel de Cervantes' Novelas ejemplares
Structure
Engraved frontispiece, dedication to the Count of Lemos, prologue to the reader, preliminary verses and complete text of La Gitanilla
Illustrations
The index lists eleven engravings distributed throughout the work
Supplementary material
Preserves an additional group of approximately twenty etchings, proof impressions and graphic material related to the illustration process of the edition
Notes
Second volume of the deluxe Nominada series published by Hora
Notes
Original etchings designed and engraved by Ramón de Capmany
Notes
Plate printing supervised by José Medinaceli
Notes
Steel-facing and preparation of the plates carried out by Salvador Domènech
Notes
Completed printing in Sabadell on the 28th day of June, MCMXLVI
Notes
High-quality bibliophile edition of considerable artistic and typographical importance
Subjects
Spanish literature
Subjects
Spanish Golden Age
Subjects
Exemplary novel
Subjects
Cervantes studies
Subjects
Bibliophily
Subjects
Original etching
Subjects
Illustrated book
Shelf mark
2026
Condition
Very good
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Bookplate
Not identified
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Copy notes
Special Artist's Copy N, stamped in the name of Alfredo Gallart. Belongs to the limited series of fifteen special artist's copies marked from A* to N*. Printed on Gran Hilo paper with Hora watermark manufactured by Guarro. Preserves an additional group of approximately twenty etchings, proof impressions and supplementary graphic material related to the illustration of the work, some repeated in different states of printing. Retains its original bibliophile binding in very good condition. Provenance: Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis.