*Història de Catalunya*. Volume I

Soldevila, Ferran

Història de Catalunya. Volume I

By Ferran Soldevila

Barcelona

Editorial Alpha

Not identified

1934

Barcelona: Editorial Alpha, 1934

Catalan

First edition

Catalan

Commercial edition published in several volumes.

473 pages, plus preliminary leaves and index.

None

None

Large octavo (8vo)

23 × 17 cm

Not identified

Thick wove paper

Not identified

Good-quality letterpress printing with clear, well-defined type. Foxing is present on several leaves, particularly in the preliminary and final pages, without affecting readability.

Full leather binding

Smooth leather

Spine with five raised bands, gilt title and gilt ornaments; plain boards; marbled endpapers

Very good

First volume of Història de Catalunya, covering the history of Catalonia from its origins to the Compromise of Caspe. Includes a preface, a list of abbreviations and a final index.

First volume of Ferran Soldevila's major history of Catalonia, published by Editorial Alpha. The copy is bound in a high-quality full leather binding, probably executed after publication. It bears the handwritten ownership signature of Alfred Gallart on the front endpaper. The text is complete and the volume is preserved in very good overall condition, with age-related foxing.

History of Catalonia, medieval history, Crown of Aragon, Compromise of Caspe, Catalan historiography, political history, institutional history

2031

Very good

Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis

Complete copy bound in full leather with a spine featuring five raised bands and gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers. Thick wove paper. Handwritten ownership signature of Alfred Gallart on the front endpaper. Foxing is present on several leaves but does not affect the legibility or the structural integrity of the volume.