Tales of the Alhambra [VINTAGE 1994]

Langue : anglais

Edité par Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, Granada, 1994

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Fine unread condition color illustrated French style extended softcover wraps. Includes Introduction; Facsimile Author Dedication to David Wilkie, Esq. dated May 1832 as it appeared in the original 1832 publication; The Author's Farewell to Granada and Index of Engravings. Illustrated with contemporary color engraved plates. Also includes the original clear protective glassine dust jacket. "Some books age with the passing of time while others maintain their youth fresh and untarnished. This is the case with the "Tales of the Alhambra" by Washington Irving. A North American diplomat, historian and traveller, he lived for some time in the very Alhambra itself. His book, published for the first time in 1832, was immediately translated into many languages and attracted to Granada pilgrims from every latitude. In it we find a highly romantic outlook, all colour and atmosphere, together with acutely-observed, first-hand impressions full of subtlety, humour and feeling. Here on the one hand we become acquainted with the local legends and traditions, which maintain today the enchantment of yesterday; on the other hand, we have superb realistic sketches of the strange world of that nineteenth-century Alhambra, so alive, so real: ordinary men and women, invalid soldiers, beggars. These may even be the most evocative pages in the book. Interspersed throughout are illustrations in the form of contemporary engravings which reveal all the romantic charm of the environs and the inhabitants of the Alhambra of that time. This was the period when great artists such as Roberts, Lewis and Dore discovered and re-created its atmosphere. To illustrate Irving's book with these engravings not only embellishes it but in a sense completes it." - from the inner front and rear extended French style covers.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Tales of the Alhambra [VINTAGE 1994]
Auteur
Irving, Washington
Éditeur
Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, Granada
Année de publication
1994
État de l'article
Fine
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
Dimensions
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

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