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The World of Art Series
The Arts and Crafts
of Older Spain
BY
LEONARD WILLIAMS
Corresponding Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, of
the Royal Spanish Academy of History, and of the
Royal Spanish Academy of Fine Arts; Author
Of “The Land of the Dons”; “Toledo and
Madrid”; “Granada,” etc.
IN THREE VOLUMES, ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
EDINBURGH: T. N. FOULIS
1908
AMERICAN EDITION
Published October 10, 1908
Dedicated
BY SPECIAL PERMISSION
TO
THEIR MAJESTIES
KING ALFONSO THE THIRTEENTH
AND
QUEEN VICTORIA OF SPAIN
PREFACE
In preparing these volumes, it has been my aimto give a clear and fairly complete account of thearts and crafts of older Spain. It seems to methat there is room for a work of this design andscope, and that there is no reason why so attractivea subject—or rather, group of subjects—shouldbe perpetually ignored by persons who travelthrough, or who profess to feel an interest in,the country of the Cid and of Don Quixote.
My account of Spanish pottery is guarded, andyet I trust acceptable. The study of this craft inSpain is far from definite, and fresh researchesand discoveries may be hoped for at some futuretime. The history of Spanish arms has alsosuffered from unjust neglect. Perhaps my sketchof them may slightly compensate for this deficiency.For the rest, my book, which representsthe well-meant assiduity of several years, shallspeak for itself.
Although I was embarrassed by too much[viii]material, the illustrations have been chosen withgreat care, and not, I think, inadequately. Someof the photographs were taken specially for thiswork. For the loan of others, or for kind assistancegenerally, I am indebted to Excmo. SeñorDon Guillermo J. de Osma, Excmo. Señor DonJosé Villegas, and Excmo. Señor Don JoséMoreno Carbonero; to Señores Góngora andValladar, of Granada; and to Me