Description:
Pages: - Volume I: 608 pages
Pages: - Volume II: 623 pages
Pages: - Volume III: 705 pages
Quality: - Well-executed sewn binding.
- Medium-thick, high-quality paper.
- Hardcovers with half-leather and parchment binding.
Condition: Good.
Content Description:
- Written in Spanish, these books cover Spanish customs and folklore, including: history, Iberian mythology, farming, bullfighting, songs, dance, seafaring life, religious customs, etc.
- Contains a wide variety of photographs, drawings, engravings, prints, etc.
Contents:
- Complete text in Spanish.
- Illustrated endpapers. Half-title page. Frontispiece/Print. Title page. Legal/imprint page. Foreword. Table of contents. Appendix. Chapter index. Index of engravings. Guide for the placement of plates. Index of place names (toponyms). Index of proper names (onomastic index). Illustrated endpapers.
Book Description:
- Well-executed sewn binding with trimmed edges, dating from the first half of the 20th century.
- Text printed in black ink; excellent ink quality, well-centered, with generous margins.
- Printed on medium-thick paper.
- Hardcover, half-bound (Dutch-style binding). Parchment.
Conservation and Damage:
- The book is in a good state of preservation.
- The covers of the first and second volumes have large moisture stains on the front and back; the third volume is the best preserved, showing only minor stains.
- The interior is in quite good condition. The first volume is free of moisture or foxing (rust-like spots) and is in perfect condition, save for two gatherings (booklets) that have come loose at the bottom.
- The second volume has a small spot of foxing on the first three pages, which does not affect the text. The rest is in perfect condition.
- The third volume has a moisture stain at the bottom affecting a couple of gatherings, though the text remains unaffected. The rest is in perfect condition.
- The covers show scuffing along the corners and edges.
- The book has not suffered from external damage, such as that caused by insects, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear consistent with it's age.
Comments:
- Both the dimensions and the weight are approximate.
- The colors as they appear in the photographs may not exactly match the actual colors.
- The book for sale is the one shown in the photographs. This description is not an exhaustive or detailed account of the item.
- The information provided here represents personal, unverified opinions.
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