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EL ESCORIAL
by Cable, Mary
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Newsweek Books, 1971. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Newsweek Books, 1971. Hardcover Quarto Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Internals in Near Fine Condition. Lavishly illustrated. 'Wonders of Man" Newsweek Series book. La Escorial--"an expression in stone of Catholicism in Spain; an answer, solid and unified, to the disintegration of the Christian universe. Erected by Philip II in the 16th century, this sprawling granite edifice set in the Guadarrama Mountains was physical proof of Spain's unwavering orthodoxy. This is its, and Spain's, story. Frontispiece: full page, full color--Saint Lawrence, the third-century martyr to whom Philip II dedicated El Escorial. Book is clean, solid, unmarked other than usual library markings. Library rebound in orange patterned cloth, rounded corners. Interior is in Near Fine Condition--pages glossy, clean, unmarked; page 13/14 have a crease down the page like a fold. 'Wonders of Man" Newsweek Series book. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. 172 pages. 1971, Newsweek Books, New York, New York, USA
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Details
- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 017262
- Title
- EL ESCORIAL
- Author
- Cable, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Newsweek Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 4to - over 9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, SPAIN; SPANISH HAPSBURGS; ARCHITECTS, SPANISH; ART, JUAN DE HERRERA;
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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