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[picture: Front Cover, El Mundo Ilustrado]

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.

Some sample images

[picture: A Boy]

A Boy

A smiling boy, wearing somewhat tarrered clothing and barefoot, stands holding perhaps turnips in one hand and with the other a sack over his shoulder. The clothes look warm enough for early Autumn, and [...] [more...]

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[picture: Little people at the door---wallpaper]

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...]

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[picture: Fraile mendicante, en Venecia.]

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...]

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[picture: Tales of Perrault: Little Thumb]

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...]

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[picture: Venus and Cupid]

Venus and Cupid

In the book this engraving is captioned Caprichos de Cupido, but the original oil painting was in an auction catalogue entitled Venus and Cupid. [more...]

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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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