The Library-Escorial
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 | The Library, Escorial |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | near Madrid, Spain |
| Date | 1567 |
| Building Type | library |
| Climate | hot temperate |
| Context | -- |
| Architectural Style | Renaissance |
| Street Address | Avda. D. Juan de Borbon, 1 |
| Notes | 18,000 volumes, long vaulted hall. See also <a href="/buildings/The_Escorial.html">The Escorial</a>. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/The_Library-Escorial.html |
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Michael Brawne. Libraries: Architecture and Equipment. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. LC 73-089609. Z679.B83. interior photograph, p14.
Juan de Contreras and Lopez de Ayala and Marques de Lozoya. The Escorial, The Royal Palace at La Granja de San Ildefonso. Translated by James Brockway. New York: Meredith Press, 1967. exterior perspective of Main Entrance(Library), p21.
John Fitzhugh Millar. Classical Architecture in Renaissance Europe, 1419-1585. Virginia: Thirteen Colonies Press, 1987. ISBN 0-934943-07-9. LC 86-50560. NA510.M55. elevation drawing, plate 110, p191.
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