Description:
Quality:Sewn binding of regular execution.
Medium thick paper of poor quality.
Regular quality soft covers.
Condition: Fair.
Description of contents:
- Curious book La Santísima Faz de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
- Historical review of the relic of the Holy Face of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which is venerated in the Monastery of Santa Veronica, Alicante.
- Originally, the book contained onion paper that covered each of the photographs, but it seems that in this volume they were removed so that the photographs would remain rust-free, as normally this type of paper attracts humidity, and therefore, it can rust easily.
-Original example from 1919.
Parts of the contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with the complete text.
- Respect leaf. Title page. Licence of the Ordinary. Preliminary warning. Photograph of the face of Jesus. Contents of eight paragraphs. Table of contents. Legales page. Respect leaf.
- Photographs are out of text.
Description of the book:
- Sewn binding of regular execution, with guillotined cuts from the First Half of the 20th Century.
- Text and illustrations in single-colour printing in black, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on tan paper, of medium thickness and regular quality.
- Semi-hard cover binding in publisher"s cardboard.
- The cover is stamped with the title in maroon. No dust jacket.
Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: Regular, very worn.
- Sewn binding in poor condition.
- Cuts splashed with fine specks of rust, slightly deteriorated, with some soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The pages are in good condition, with the exception of some of them with rust stains.
- Among the 15 photographs, only three of them have rust stains affecting the image, the rest are in good condition.
- The pages are slightly darkened on the edges due to age. The tips are deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- The book has pages, both at the edges and in the central parts, with deterioration and rubbing, light creases and folds, soiling, stains, rust marks and dampness.
- Spine torn and fatigued.
- Book shows wear and tear typical of it's age.
Comments:
- Both the Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- Very interesting as a collector- The tones of the colours in the photos are not the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
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