THE MOST HOLY FACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1919

Description:
- 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.
- It has 15 photographs, and each one of them is covered with onion paper.
- Due to time, on onion paper creates rust, and in several of the photographs the rust has penetrated and stained the paper; even so, it seems that, in this case, the onion paper has kept the rust at bay in several photographs, without it penetrating to any great extent.
- The photographs are intact and complete.
- Original copy from 1919.
Parts of the contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Title page. 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, fatigued.
- Sewn binding in poor condition.
- Cuts splashed with fine specks of rust, slightly deteriorated, with some soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The leaves are in good condition, with the exception of some of them which have rust stains.
- The pages are slightly darkened at the edges due to age. The tips are deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- The book has the pages, both at the edges and in the central parts, with deterioration and rubbing, light folds and creases, soiling, stains, rust marks and dampness.
- Covers and spine 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,s item and as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours in the photos do not match 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.