Description:
- The book, written in Spanish, has a very well-structured content and is of great interest.
- The book is illustrated with black and white drawings, both outside the text and inserted in the text. At the end and at the beginning of each chapter.
Parts of the contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Title page. Title page. Legal page. Title page. Legal page. Dialogue-prologue. Table of contents. Title page.
Description of the book:
- Sewn binding of good execution, with guillotined cuts and painted red and black, from the Second Half of the 19th Century.
- Text and Illustrations in single-colour black printing, very good ink, with good stamping, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on medium thick tan paper, and good quality.
- Publisher's cloth hard covers, worn and somewhat discoloured. Corners have rubbing and creasing.
- The cover is stamped with the title, and also has a print with the bust of a Sevillian woman, painted in the surrounding area. No dust jacket.
Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: Good.
- Sewn binding in good condition.
- Cuts well preserved and with minimal soiling.
- Text pages are in good condition, some of them have rust stains but no tears. Pages are slightly darkened at the edges due to age.
- The tips are slightly deteriorated with tears.
- The book has not suffered from external aggressions such as humidity, insect attacks, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it’s age.
Comments:
- Both the measurements and the weight are approximate.
- The tones of the colours of the photos are not equal to 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.
4251 - PROFILES AND COLOURS OR SATIRE OF CUSTOMS. 1884