HISTORY OF SPAIN. CRITICAL SUMMARY.

Description:
Quality: - Sewn binding of good execution, but fatigued.
- Medium thick paper at the beginning, and thin at the end, of average quality.
- Hard half-skin covers.
Conservation: Good, but the binding is worn.
Content Description:
- The book, written in Spanish, is a summary of the history of Spain, from its beginnings, prehistory to the end of the 19th century.
- Contains 1,715 engravings, 111 plates of prehistory, archaeology, clothing, weapons, coins, ceramics, metalwork, art, sumptuaries, etc. 504 portraits and a multitude of reproductions of various documents, etc.
Parts of Content:
- Copy in Spanish, with the full text.
- Stamped endpaper. Two pages of respect. Cover. Lady of Elche engraving. Front page. Legal page. Content. Respect page. Smooth guard.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of good execution, but tired, with guillotined cuts and the upper ones painted red, from the First Half of the 20th Century
- The Text in monochrome printing in black, very well inked, well centered and with good margins.
- Book printed on medium thick, somewhat tan paper.
- Hard half-skin covers.

Conservation and Damage:
- The book is in good condition, but tired.
- Cuts with some dirt and small stains.
- The book has some rust stains in some areas, but without affecting the text, and the pages are toasted along the edges.
- There are several sheets with tears on their edges, but also without affecting the text.
- The covers are somewhat loose, affecting the spine and therefore leaving many of the booklets uneven.
- The corners of the covers are rubbed as well as the edges. The binding is rubbed and has small stains.
- The book has not suffered external attacks such as attacks by insects, rodents, etc.
- The Book presents the wear and tear of it's time.

Comments:
- Both Measurements and Weight are approximate.
- The color tones in the photos are not exactly the same as the real color tones.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of it.
- The data provided here are personal opinions that have not been verified.