Author:  Leguina, Enrique de, 1841-1924
Publisher: Imp. de E. Rasco
City: Sevilla
Year 1885
Document type:  Essays and studies
Subject: Weapons
Library: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Abstract: Brief study on the sword, written by Enrique de Leguina, Baron de la Vega de Hoz, who considered it to be the most noble of all weapons. The work aims to gather information and then develop a complete history of the Spanish sword. The book is divided into chapters and summaries, analizing the main characteristics and circumstances of swords.
Id: 631

Author:  Gestoso y Pérez, José, 1852-1917
Publisher: Hijos de J. Thomas
City: Barcelona
Year ca. 1920
Document type:  Catalogs
Subject: Painting
Library: Museo Nacional del Romanticismo
Abstract: Catalogue of the Museo de Pinturas of Seville published by the publishing house Hijos de J. Thomas in Barcelona within the collection 'El arte en España' issue 19. The aim of the collection was to give publicity to the artistic treasures of Spain, so the text is in Spanish, French and English. It contains photographs.
Id: 630

Author:  Gestoso y Pérez, José, 1852-1917
Publisher: Imp. de La Andalucía Moderna
City: Sevilla
Year 1897
Document type:  Guides and Travel guides
Subject: Architecture
Library: Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid)
Abstract: Guide to the Alcazar Palace of Seville written by Jose Perez Gestoso in 1897. There is a description of the monument from the historical and architectural point of view, focusing on the outside and the inside of the palace. It contains photographs.
Id: 629

Author:  Gestoso y Pérez, José, 1852-1917
Publisher: Imp. J. Lacoste
City: Madrid
Year 1912
Document type:  Catalogs
Subject: Painting
Library: Biblioteca del Archivo General de Andalucía
Abstract: Catalog of the Provincial Museum of Seville in 1912. The museum was under the protection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts responsible for the arrangement of the works in different areas of the building (lobby, patios, galleries and theaters). It highlights the rooms dedicated to Murillo, the foreign schools of the 16th century, the primitive and the painter Valdes Leal. Also the rooms devoted to both painting and sculpture of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It contains photographs.
Id: 628

Author:  Vivian, George, 1798-1873
Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Cº
City: Londres
Year 1838
Document type:  Album
Subject: Scenography
Library: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Abstract: Album of lithographic prints of the original drawings that the English artist George Vivian (1798-1873) made in 1833 and in 1837. According to the preface of the publication, the first stay represents a calm period, while the second shows the state of neglect and ruin of much of the architectural heritage of the peninsula. The views correspond to landscape areas of Vizcaya, Galicia, Castilla la Mancha, Catalonia, Valencia and Andalusia. The lithographers who participated in this rich publication were: L. Haghe, T. Boys and P. Gauci.
Id: 627

Author:  Ponz, Antonio, 1725-1792
Publisher: D. Joachin Ibarra
City: Madrid
Year 1772 - 1794
Document type:  Guides and Travel guides
Subject: Art (general)
Library: Biblioteca Nacional de España
Abstract: Travel guide to Spain written by Antonio Ponz, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, published in 18 volumes by Joaquín Ibarra Printing between 1772 and 1794 in Madrid. Written in the form of letters by an expert on Spanish art, the guide describes architectural monuments, paintings, sculptures and remains of the antiquity.
Id: 626

Author:  García Chico, Esteban
Publisher: Gráficas Andrés Martín
City: Valladolid
Year 1958
Document type:  Essays and studies
Subject: Architecture
Library: Biblioteca de Castilla y León
Abstract: Historical and artistic study of the architectural monuments of Valladolid as the monasteries of San Pablo and San Gregorio, the convents of Santa Clara and Santa Isabel. There are also descriptions of the brotherhoods of the Vera Cruz and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, and the Penitencial of Jesus of Nazareth. As for the civil architecture, there are analysis of the Renaissance palaces of the Counts of Benavente and Santa Cruz with its splendid library.
Id: 625

Author:  Taracena Aguirre, Blas
Publisher: Imp. E. Las Heras
City: Soria
Year 1928
Document type:  Guides and Travel guides
Subject: Art (general)
Library: Biblioteca de Castilla y León
Abstract: Artistic guide to the city and province of Soria, including: Numancia, Burgo de Osma, Almanzan, Santa Maria de Huerta and Medinaceli. The study is complemented by the trips to Moncayo and Picos de Urbión.
Id: 624

Author:  Lozoya, Marqués de, 1893-1978
Publisher: Instituto Diego de Colmenares
City: [Segovia]
Year 1955
Document type:  Essays and studies
Subject: Art (general)
Library: Biblioteca de Castilla y León
Abstract: Catalogue of the first exhibition of ancient art held in Segovia under the direction of Juan de Contreras and Lopez de Ayala, Marqués de Lozoya. The exhibition intended to walk around the old Segovia as the travelers artists did, like Quadrado-Parcerisa or Roberts-Villamil during the 1830s. The retrospective walk was made through the graphic prints of various artists who visited the city, especially with romantic and pre-romantic paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Id: 623

Author:  Falcón, Modesto
Publisher: Telesforo Oliva
City: Salamanca
Year 1867
Document type:  Essays and studies
Subject: Architecture
Library: Biblioteca: Biblioteca de Castilla y León
Abstract: Work by Modesto Falcon, Academic of the Royal Academy of San Fernando. The chapters of the book describe the most outstanding architectural monuments of Salamanca. The first is a historical overview of the city and the second presents the description of the Roman monuments, the third studies the Romanesque monuments, the fourth the monuments of Gothic style, the fifth the Plateresque buildings, and the sixth the monuments that have disappeared.
Id: 622