Engraving Vue de la Vallée de la Fluvia à Castellfollit
Engraving published in the work "Voyage Pittoresque et militare en Espagne" where the French army is seen passing through Castellfollit de la Roca during the War of Independence.
Made of cardboard.Very famous 1912 design by Marcellin Auzolle (1862-1942).Model printed in original offset system from the time of the German occupation in France.
Modernist style drawing by Ramon Palmarola Romeu (Barcelona, 1877 - 1954).The illustration is signed and dated in 1908.
Palmarola studied with Ramon Martí Alsina and Ricard Martí Aguiló.He took part in several official exhibitions.In 1905 he went to live in Paris until 1914, where he participated in several French national exhibitions.When he returned to Spain he lived for a few years in Madrid where he painted several portraits for the royal family.He also exhibited and traveled throughout Europe and South America.As more outstanding works we have Death of a Shepherd, Fidelity, Portraits of Malats, Grenades and the self-portrait of 1906.
A striking map of Greece. The map for the Route of Xerxes in Greece and For the Expedition of the Young Cyprus, and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand. It is from “METHODE POUR ETUDIER L’HISTOIRE” by L’Abbe Lenglet du Fresnoy, pulished in Paris in 1729.
Xerxes I, (BC519-BC466) called "Xerxes the Great", was the fourth king of kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. Like his predecessor Darius I, he ruled the empire at its territorial apex.