El Mundo Ilustrado was a Spanish periodical that was published from 1879 to 1892, aimed at wealthier middle-class people who knew about other countries. Originally published every two weeks, thirty-two pages at a time, the magazine included serialized novels as well as illustrations from famous artists and engravers; many of the articles were translated from other languages. There are even fold-out pictures.
The single undated volume that I have was sitting on a filing cabinet in a second-hand bookshop in Lisbon, Livraria Sá da Costa, which was next door to a hotel where I had to stay overnight because of a missed flight. Apparently there may have been coloured plates in the book at one time, but my copy lacks these.
Title: El Mundo Ilustrado
Published by: Espasa y Compañía
City: Barcelona
Date: 1883
Total items: 10
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Little people at the door—wallpaper
This is a detail from little people at the door to the house in the forest, showing the children at an old stone house in a clearing in a scary ancient forest. [more...]
[$]Fraile mendicante, en Venecia.
A mendicant friar begging on the streets of Venice. The illustration accompanies an article about Venice. In it, we see a long narrow street, less than six feet wide, paved with flagstones. The buildings are a little run-down, with bricks visible in places beneath the plaster; in the foreground a man stands wearing a monk’s habit and sandals; in his [...] [more...]
[$]Tales of Perrault: Little Thumb
Little Thumb got up very early and went to the edge of a stream; he filled his pockets with little white pebbles. [more...]
[$]El Mundo Ilustrado was a Spanish periodical that was published from 1879 to 1892, aimed at wealthier middle-class people who knew about other countries. Originally published every two weeks, thirty-two pages at a time, the magazine included serialized novels as well as illustrations from famous artists and engravers; many of the articles were translated from other languages. There are even fold-out pictures.
The single undated volume that I have was sitting on a filing cabinet in a second-hand bookshop in Lisbon, Livraria Sá da Costa, which was next door to a hotel where I had to stay overnight because of a missed flight. Apparently there may have been coloured plates in the book at one time, but my copy lacks these.
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