A complete, high-resolution fixed-layout EPUB of James Cavanah Murphy’s monumental 1815 survey of Islamic architecture and ornament in Spain. This is a digital book; no physical item or audiobook is included.
About the work
The Arabian Antiquities of Spain documents Córdoba, Granada, and the Alhambra through measured plans, elevations, architectural views, inscriptions, and decorative studies. The historical English descriptions were edited and written by Thomas Hartwell Horne.
About this Nile Book Store edition
- Complete historical English descriptive text
- 97 numbered plate entries across 103 engraved plate leaves, including the original multi-part plates
- Original engraved title and a separate engraved title for the Alhambra section
- High-resolution fixed-layout EPUB designed for close zooming
- Linked navigation to the introduction, descriptions, and both plate sections
- Blank tissue guards and empty endpapers omitted for cleaner reading
- Substantial 19-page illustrated EPUB preview
Language: English. The historic plates and their original captions are preserved as artwork.
Edition details
Author and artist: James Cavanah Murphy
Historical editor: Thomas Hartwell Horne
First published: 1815
Format: Fixed-layout illustrated EPUB
Meaningful historical pages: 129
Engraved plate leaves: 103
Publisher: Nile Book Store
Prepared from the public-domain Getty Research Institute copy digitized through Internet Archive and identified by the holding institution as not in copyright. No later copyrighted text or images are included.
