Plans, elevations, sections and details of the Alhambra : from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by M. Jules Goury and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones, with a complete translation of the Arabic inscriptions, and an historical notice of the Kings of Granada, from the conquest of that city by the Arabs to the expulsion of the Moors by Pasqual de Gayangos

1842-1845

Not on view

Watson Library bookcage set: is the large paper issue, nicely bound in decorative gold-tooled leather, banded spines with gilt tooling, have all gilt edges, stamped "J. Wright, binder" on front board, and have label pasted to front board for "E. Parsons & Sons, Fine Art Book & Printsellers and Picture Dealers, 45, Brompton Road, London, S.W."

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Title: Plans, elevations, sections and details of the Alhambra : from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by M. Jules Goury and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones, with a complete translation of the Arabic inscriptions, and an historical notice of the Kings of Granada, from the conquest of that city by the Arabs to the expulsion of the Moors by Pasqual de Gayangos
Author: Jules Goury (French, 1803–1834)
Date: 1842-1845
Geography: London
Dimensions: 2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; Height: 25 9/16 in. (65 cm)
Credit Line: Thomas J. Watson Library, Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
Object Number: NA387 .G64 1842 Folio v.1

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