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THE SPANISH SERIES
THE ESCORIAL
THE SPANISH SERIES
EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
Seville
Murillo
Cordova
The Prado
The Escorial
Spanish Arms and Armour
In preparation—
Goya
Toledo
Madrid
Velazquez
Granada and Alhambra
Royal Palaces of Spain
Leon, Burgos & Salamanca
Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila & Zaragoza
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THE ESCORIAL
A     HISTORICAL     AND     DE-
SCRIPTIVEACCOUNT   OF THE
SPANISH       ROYAL       PALACE,
MONASTERY AND MAUSOLEUM,
BY     ALBERT     F.     CALVERT,
WITH    278     ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON:   JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVII
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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty{v}
To His Excellency
SEÑOR DON WENCESLAO R. DE VILLA-URRUTIA.
Your Excellency,
In putting forth this modest account of the Escorial, that marvellousmonument to the Hapsburg dynasty, I beg to inscribe it to yourExcellency, as a tribute of my esteem and an expression of admiration ofyour Excellency’s great work in the interests of Spain, and as historianof ‘The Relations between Spain and Austria during the Reign of theEmpress Margaret.’
I am,

Your Excellency’s

Sincere and obliged,

ALBERT F. CALVERT.
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P R E F A C E
No work dealing exclusively with the Royal Palace and Monastery of theEscorial, and purporting to give a full historical and descriptiveaccount of that remarkable monument of Philip II. of Spain, has hithertobeen published in England. In this volume I have endeavoured to present,in condensed form, a history of the founding and building                         
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