Description:
Quality:Good quality sewn binding.
Good quality medium thick paper.
Good quality hard covers.
Description of contents:
- Book written in Spanish, religious in scope.
- The author Auguste Nicolas, a French Catholic apologist, played an important role in the movement initiated by various French intellectuals in defence of Christianity. He wrote several works.
- Dated book, from the second edition.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. English copy, with complete text.
- Water paper covers. Title page. Legal page. Title page. Censorship. Foreword by the translator. Preface by the author. Introduction, examination of M. Guizot's writing (Chapter I. to Chapter VI). Book One of Protestantism in its relation to Socialism through Naturalism (Chapter I to Chapter VII). Book Two, the relation of Protestantism to socialism through pantheism (Chapter I to Chapter IX). Book Three of Protestantism compared with Catholicism in its relation to civilisation (Chapter I to Chapter V). Books and leaflets produced by the religious bookshop. Respect leaf. Water paper guards.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of good execution, with guillotined cuts, from the Second Half of the 19th Century.
- Text in single-colour printing in black, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper, of medium thickness and good quality.
- Spanish hard covers and spine with gilt stamping, good quality.
- Covers are deteriorated, scuffed with rubbing and creases.
- Stamped on spine: Nicolás. Protestantism in its relation to socialism. At the top and bottom, small gilt filigree.
- Flyleaves with brown, blue and pink thick paper waterslips.
Conservation and damage:
- General Condition: Good.
- Sewn binding in fair condition, fatigued and with the spine broken at the top.
- Cuts well preserved, except for the upper cut which has a small damp stain. The rest, with some soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The leaves are in good condition, with no tears or stains.
- The tips are slightly deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of its age.
Comments:
- Both the measurements and the weight are approximate.
- Very interesting as a collector's item and as a decorative element.
- 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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