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 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.”