Nathaniel Armstrong Wells: 2 books

Spanish Travels, Volume 2

by L. Higgin, Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, W. D. Howells
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011

A lot of the value in nineteenth-century travel writing lies in the unapologetic point of view. This collection illustrates its value as a historical resource, too, with three charmingly lopsided sociological snapshots of Spain in the mid 1800's and at the turn of the 20th century. This edition includes...

The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a Series of Letters with Illustrations Representing Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals and Other Monuments of Art Contained in the Cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo and Seville

Book cover of The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a Series of Letters with Illustrations Representing Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals and Other Monuments of Art Contained in the Cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo and Seville

The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a Series of Letters with Illustrations Representing Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals and Other Monuments of Art Contained in the Cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo and Seville

by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The author of the following letters is aware that his publication would have possessed greater utility, had the architectural descriptions been more minute. He ventures to hope, however, that this imperfection may be in some measure balanced by the more extended sphere opened to whatever information...