Between the Covers

Hardcover. Oblong folio. Full green morocco with "Espana-Estados Unidos. Los Escolares de la Provincia de Salamanca al Estado Norteamericano de Pennsylvania, Ayuda Social Americana 1955-1957" in gilt on front board. Silk ribbon marker with filigree silver and blue enamel fob or charm at the end. The book houses 29 leaves illustrated rectos only, each of which is elaborately lettered, engrossed, and illustrated by hand, with additional applied elements, including 74 photographs, about equally divided between commercial and snapshot images (with a few postcard images). Fine. Presented to a Pennsylvania educational charitable society in thanks for educational aid given to students in the Spanish province of Salamanca. The album serves as a travelogue of Salamanca with most of the commercial images illustrating local landmarks and locations, and with a roughly equal number of snapshots of children learning and engaging in other activities at school. The illustrations include hand-drawn maps, handwritten music, various elaborate borders and vignettes. Laid in is a letter of presentation in Spanish from the National Ministry of Education. A beautifully prepared, illustrated and bound presentation album.

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