Part 8
OF GRANADA, BEING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOSLEM RULE IN SPAIN FROM THE REIGN OF MOHAMMED THE FIRST TO THE FINAL EXPULSION OF THE MOORS, TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATION OF THE MOORISH PALACE, WITH 80 COLOURED PLATES AND NEARLY 300 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS (NEW EDITION)
Size 10 x 7½ Price £2 2s. net
PRESS NOTICES
“It is hardly too much to say that this is one of the most magnificent books ever issued from the English Press.”
_Building World._
“One is really puzzled where to begin and when to stop in praising the illustrations.”
_Bookseller._
“The most complete record of this wonder of architecture which has ever been contemplated, much less attempted.”
_British Architect._
“A treasure to the student of decorative art.”
_Morning Advertiser._
“Mr. CALVERT has given us a Book Beautiful.”
_Western Daily Press._
“It is the last word on the subject, no praise is too high.”
_Nottingham Express._
“May be counted among the more important art books which have been published during recent years.”
_The Globe._
“Has a pride of place that is all its own among the books of the month.”
_Review of Reviews._
“Has in many respects surpassed any books on the Alhambra which up to the present have appeared in our own country or abroad.”
_El Graduador, Spain._
“It is one of the most beautiful books of modern times.”
_Ely Gazette._
“One of the most artistic productions of the year.”
_Publishers’ Circular._
“The most beautiful book on the Alhambra issued in England.”
_Sphere._
“The standard work on a splendid subject.”
_Daily Telegraph._
“A remarkable masterpiece of book production.”
_Eastern Daily Press._
“A perfect treasure of beauty and delight.”
_Keighley News._
“A magnificent work.”
_Melbourne Age, Australia._
“Immense collection of fine plates.”
_The Times._
“A standard work, the compilation of which would credit a life’s labour.”
_Hull Daily Mail._
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MOORISH REMAINS IN SPAIN
BEING A BRIEF RECORD OF THE ARABIAN CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION OF THE PENINSULA, WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MOHAMMEDAN ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION IN THE CITIES OF CORDOVA, SEVILLE AND TOLEDO, WITH MANY COLOURED PLATES, AND OVER 400 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, ETC., DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.M. KING ALFONSO XIII.
Crown 4to. (7½ x 10 ins.) Price £2 2s. net
PRESS NOTICES
“The making of this book must surely have been a veritable labour of love; and love’s labour has certainly not been lost.”
_Pall Mall Gazette._
“The best age of Moorish architecture in Spain is shown with remarkable vividness and vitality.”
_The Scotsman._
“A most gorgeous book.... We cheerfully admit Mr. CALVERT into the ranks of those whom posterity will applaud for delightful yet unprofitable work.”
_Outlook._
“A large and sumptuous volume.”
_Tribune._
“The illustrations are simply marvels of reproduction.”
_Dundee Advertiser._
“One of the books to which a simple literary review cannot pretend to do justice.”
_Spectator._
“A special feature of a work of peculiar interest and value are the illustrations.”
_Newcastle Chronicle._
“The illustrations are given with a minuteness and faithfulness of detail, and colour, which will be particularly appreciated and acknowledged by those who are most acquainted with the subject themselves.”
_Liverpool Post._
“It is impossible to praise too highly the care with which the illustrations have been prepared.”
_Birmingham Daily Post._
“It is illustrated with so lavish a richness of colour that to turn its pages gives one at first almost the same impression of splendour as one receives in wandering from hall to hall of the Alcazar of Seville; and this is probably the highest compliment we could pay to the book or its author.”
_Academy._
“It is certainly one of the most interesting books of the year.”
_Crown._
“The occasional delicacy of design and harmony of colour can scarcely be surpassed ... a valuable and profusely illustrated volume.”
_Guardian._
“An excellent piece of work.”
_The Times._
“Mr. CALVERT has performed a useful work.”
_Daily Telegraph._
“A truly sumptuous volume.”
_The Speaker._
“Mr. CALVERT has given a very complete account of the evolution of Moresco art.”
_The Connoisseur._
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LIFE OF CERVANTES
A NEW LIFE OF THE GREAT SPANISH AUTHOR TO COMMEMORATE THE TERCENTENARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF “DON QUIXOTE,” WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND REPRODUCTIONS FROM EARLY EDITIONS OF “DON QUIXOTE”
Size Crown 8vo. 150 pp. Price 3/6 net
PRESS NOTICES
“A popular and accessible account of the career of Cervantes.”
_Daily Chronicle._
“A very readable and pleasant account of one of the great writers of all time.”
_Morning Leader._
“We recommend the book to all those to whom Cervantes is more than a mere name.”
_Westminster Gazette._
“Nothing could be more useful than this careful and authoritative book.”
_Vanity Fair._
“It is made trebly interesting by the very complete set of Cervantes’ portraits it contains, and by the inclusion of a valuable bibliography.”
_Black and White._
“Nothing better could be desired.”
_Literary World._
“A capital and most interesting little book.”
_The Queen._
“Excellent little volume.”
_The Graphic._
“A book full of information and of convenient compass.”
_Onlooker._
“A handy, compendious life, with good Quixotic pictures.”
_Rapid Review._
“Can be heartily recommended to all who want to know something of the life of Cervantes.”
_Nottingham Express._
“Mr. CALVERT is entitled to the gratitude of book-lovers for his industrious devotion at one of our greatest literary shrines.”
_Birmingham Post._
“Should be greatly appreciated by all lovers of the chivalrous Knight.”
_Dublin Express._
“A most interesting résumé of all facts up to the present time known.”
_El Nervion de Bilbao, Spain._
“The most notable work dedicated to the immortal author of _Don Quixote_ that has been published in England.”
_El Graduador, Spain._
“Although the book is written in English no Spaniard could have written it with more conscientiousness and enthusiasm.”
_El Defensor de Granada, Spain._