Calvert, Albert F.. The Alhambra. Being a Brief Record of the Arabian Conquest of the Peninsular with a Particular Account of the Mohammedan Architecture and Decoration. (Moorish Remains in Spain). John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1906., 1906.

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Description: 1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xlvi,464pp, numerous illustrations, teg, fore-edges browning, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blindstamped red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, Good condition

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CALVERT, Albert F.. Moorish Remains in Spain being a Brief Record of the Arabian Conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan Architecture and Decoration in Cordova, Seville & Toledo. By Albert F. Calvert.. LONDON: John Lane, The Bodley Head. NEW YORK: John Lane Company. 1906., 1906.

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Description: 4to. Plena tela roja del editor; título y adornos dorados en lomera; plano superior con armas y estampaciones doradas; todos los cortes dorados.xx; 1 h; 586 pp; 1 h; una hoja blanca; 84 ilustraciones en color fuera texto y profusamente ilustrado con diseños y fotografías en negro entre texto.Impresión variante de la primera con las secciones sobre Córdoba, Sevilla, Toledo y diseño morisco sin las segundas portadillas con su título dentro de recuadro ornamental; los cantos sin achaflanar. En el lomo el título se lee: MOORISH / REMAINS / IN SPAIN / BY A.F.CALVERT / (dos diseños decorativos) / CORDOVA / SEVILLE / & TOLEDO'. Hace juego con la obra compañera sobre El Alhambra. 'In the three cities of Cordova, Seville, and Toledo, in which the hand of the Moor touched nothing that it did not beautify, I have found the supplement to the art wonders that I attempted to describe in my book upon the Alhambra. I havae followed the course which I therein adopted, of making the letterpress subservient to the illustrations. While immersed in authorities, and tempted often by the beauties of the scenes to indulge the desire to emotionalise in words, I have never permitted myself to forget that my purpose has been to present a picture rather than to chronicle the romance of Spanish-Morisco art.' Preface. Bellísima iconografía con reproducciones tomadas de importantes obras incluso Monumentos Arquitectónicos de España, The Latin Byzantine Monuments of Cordova, J.C.Murphy - Arabian Antiquities of Spain, y Owen Jones. El texto en papel mate, las ilustraciones en papel satinado.Palau 40 464. Creswell 316.

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