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. (7-1/2 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.