Estudios y Documentos Para la Historia del Arte Colonial (2 Tomes)

 Martin S Noel; Jose Torre Revello; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Historicas.

Buenos Aires : S.A. Casa Jacobo Peuser LDA; 1934-1944

[Fine binding] 2 volume set.  Large quarto, 33 cm.  Bound in later calf-backed, marbled boards.  Gilt ruled and lettered spine.  Limited edition of 1000 copies.  The second vol. contains Revello's detailed and illustrated study of the artists who traveled on the Malaspina expedition whose results were never published at the time. The numerous paintings and drawings survive in Europe and South America. This is the standard work on the subject. The Spanish ships were among the earliest visitors to the New South Wales settlement in 1793 and the expedition's artists, Brambila and Ravenet, produced several important images of the new colony.  Contents: Vol. 1. Arquitectura virreinal / por Martin S. Noel ; sequida de una adicion documental por Jose Torre Revello y una advertencia por Emilio Ravignani -- Vol. 2. Los artistas pintores de la expedicion Malaspina / por Jose Torre Revello. 

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.