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1657. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). SANTOS, FRANCISCO...

1657. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). SANTOS, FRANCISCO DE LOS: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MONASTERY OF S. LORENZO EL REAL DEL ESCORIAL. FABRICA DEL PRUDENTISSIMO REY PHILIPPO SEGUNDO (...) CON LA MAGESTUOSA OBRA DE LA CAPILLA INSIGNE DEL PANTHEON, Y TRASLACION A ELLA DE LOS CUERPOS REALES. Madrid: in the Royal Printing House, 1657. 4º mayor. 6 h. (including title page with copper engraved royal coat of arms)+ 184 fol.+ 4 hs. Portrait of Philip IV, signed in plate 'Petrus de Villafranca Sculptor Regius delineavit et sculpsit, Matriti, 1657'. 10 plates, many double-leaf, all copperplate engraved by the same artist and one dated 1654. Rubber stamp on title page. Original binding of the period in flexible vellum with painted tejuelo on the spine and gilt lettering. Good condition and genuine.