(Madrid.: Imprenta y calcografia nacional.), [18--?]
Physical Description
[14] pl.; 757 mm.
Responsibility Note
The plates are signed as drawn by F. Aznar y Garcia, F. Laredo, A. Ortiz de Villajos, M.P. de Laredo, and chromolithographed by F. Aznar or M. Fuster, or engraved by José Nicolau, E. Buxó, F.P. Baquero, J. Pi, E. Lémus, F. Navarrete, M.A. Chappuy.
Most carry the printer's imprint - of Calcografia De La Imprenta Nacional or J. Ma. Mateu.
Summary Note
There is no title-page in the Royal Academy's copy. Some copies have bound in the paper cover of this cuaderno, of which the title reads, 'Monumentos Arquitectónicos De España. Publicados de Rl. Orden y por disposicion de Ministerio de Fomentos. Cuaderno No.'
The plates are captioned, and fall into three groups, showing: [1-4] Triptico-Relicario Del Monasterio De Piedra En Aragon, in Mudejar style; [5-7] Palacio Arzobispal, Alcalá de Henares, in Renaissance style; [8-14] Romanesque churches in Ávila (Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro; Ermita De San Isidro; Iglesias De San Andres y San Segundo; apse of the cathedral; tomb of the martyrs Vicente, Sabina and Cristeta; door of the basilica of San Vicente, Sabina y Cristeta).
Five plates are printed in color.
Copy Note
The paper cover is inscribed in ink, 'Academia de la Historia. - Palacio Arzobispal (Alacalá de Henares) - Avila.'
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red calf, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Monumentos Arquitectónicos De España. Tom. VI. Alhambra Academia De La Historia Palacio Arzobispal (Alcalá De Henares) Avila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Burgos, Baños, Cáceres', and 'R.A.' Bound with others.
Subject
Reliquaries - Spain - Aragon - History - Mudejar
Architecture - Palaces - Public buildings - Spain - Castilla - Alcalá de Henares - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Architecture - Churches - Spain - Ávila - History - 11th century - 12th century - 13th century - Romanesque
Art history - Spain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Colour printing - Chromolithographs - Lithographs - Spain - 19th century