Monumentos Arquitectónicos De España. Publicados De Rl. Orden y por disposicion del Ministero de Fomento. Cuadernos No.
Imprint
(Madrid: Imprenta y calcografia nacional.), [before 1886?]
Physical Description
4 p., [13] pl.; 753 mm.
Responsibility Note
The plates are signed as drawn by J.M. Avrial, M. Lavina, R.M. Ximenez (Jimenez) or A.F. Peró, and as engraved by Est. Buxó, J. Pi, E. Ancelet, E. Stüler, L. Gaucherel, D. Martinez or L. Yranzo or lithographed by J. Acevedo.
Some engravings carry the imprint of the Calcografía de la Imprenta Nacional. The lithograph carries the imprint of J. M. Mateu.
The headpiece is signed as drawn by A.F. Peró and engraved by 'E. St.' The decorated initial is unsigned but carries the imprint of the Calcografía de la Imprenta Nacional.
Summary Note
There is no title-page (in the Royal Academy's copy). Our title is the caption-title of the text. Some copies have bound in the paper cover, which carries the title, 'Monumentos Arquitectónicos De España. Publicados de Rl. Orden y por disposicion del Ministerio de Fomento. Cuaderno No. Madrid Imprenta y calcografia nacional.'
The text is printed in Spanish and French in parallel.
The plates are captioned, and show: [1] 'Torres Del Convento De Santo Domingo ...' (Ogival style); [2] 'Torre De San Esteban ...' (Romanesque style); [3] 'Zocalos ... Torre De Sto. Domingo ...' (Mudejar style); [4 and 9-11] 'Iglesia Parroquial De S. Millan' (Romanesque style); [5] 'Iglesia Del Convento De Religiosas Del Corpus Christi' (Mudejar style); [6-8] 'Absides (Fachada Lateral, Planta Y Detalles) De La Iglesia De San Lorenzo' (Romanesque style); [12, 13] '... Iglesia Parroquial De San Martin' (Romanesque style). In-text illustrations consist of a headpiece (showing a portico of S. Lorenzo) and a decorated initial.
Plate [5] is lithographed; the decorated initial is printed in color.
Copy Note
The paper cover is inscribed in ink, 'Iglesias Parroquiales de Segovia'.
Imperfect. The text breaks off at p.4.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red calf, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Monumentos Arquitectónicos De España - Tom. VIII. - Sevilla (Iglesias) Silos, San Roman De Hornija, Segovia, Salamanca Tres Sarcofagos Cristianos, Toledo, Truyillo, Toro, Villaviciosa, Villamayor (S. Maria De Valladolid, Valencia, Villanueva' and 'R.A.' Bound with others.
Subject
Architecture - Churches - Monasteries - Towers - Spain - Segovia - Convento de Santo Domingo - Torre de San Esteban - Iglesia de San Millan - Iglesia de San Lorenzo - Iglesia de San Martin - History - Romanesque - Mudejar - Gothic
Art history - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Spain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Spain - 19th century