Sketches from the basque provinces of Spain, illustrative of the character and costume of the basques and the scenery of the northern provinces
Format date:
1839
Topic date:
1839
Physical description:
1 35 x 25 cm engraving on a 54 x 38 cm page; col
Notes:
Description by the authors: These virtuous ladies who figure in our imaginations as "gems of beauty buried from the world", are,..., on an age when the brilliancy of youthful charms has given place to the sober stamp of maturity. Although conventual communities are fast disappearing, a circunstance not much to be deplored, there still exist some pious sisterhoods... Autographed