SANTOS, Francisco de los. - Descripcion del real monasterio de S. Lorenzo de el Escorial, unica maravilla del mundo. Fabrica de el prudentissimo Rey Filipo Segundo, coronada por el catolico Rey Filipo IV. el Grande, con la magestuosa obra del Pantheon, y translacion de los cuerpos reales. Reedificada por nuestro Rey, y Se–or Carlos II. despues del incendio, y nuevamente exhornada con las excelentes pinturas de Lucas Jordan . . .

Madrid: en la Imprenta de Juan Garcia Infançon, 1698. Fol. [6], 178, [4] leaves. 9 of 11 plates (IMPERFECT: wanting the folding plates before leaves 136 and 154). Quires signed ¦ A-Gg in sixes, followed by quire Hh of 2 leaves. Largish paper flaws/holes (contemporary and not affecting text) in margins of front free endpaper, ¦1 (title-page), ¦2 (Dedication); A1, I3, R6 and Gg5 (Indice); most of the plates have unobtrusive paper repairs. Small ink blots in quire S and on the folding plate showing a bird's eye view of the Escorial; a few marginal 'nota' marks in pencil. Contemporary parchment, two ties, manuscript spine title; sprinkled red-edged leaves. ***** The classic description of the Escorial, one of the architectural master-pieces of Europe, constructed for Philip II from 1563 to 1593, by the architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan Herrera. The enormous structure includes a convent, a church, a palace and a mausoleum. The plates, by Pedro de Villafranca, show the buildings of the Escorial and include a bird's eye view of the entire structure. References: Iberian Books, IB 126876; .

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