The reader will find a remarkable description of the emotional
influence of the Escorial in E. Quinet's _Vacances en Espagne_ (Paris,
1846), and for historical and architectural details he may consult the
following works:--Fray Juan de San Geronimo, _Memorias sobre la
fundacion del Escorial y su fabrica_, in the _Coleccion de documentos
ineditos para la historia de Espana_, vol. vii.; Y. de Herrera,
_Sumario y breve declaracion de los disenos y estampas de la fab. de
S. Lorencio el Real del Escurial_ (Madrid, 1589); Jose de Siguenza,
_Historia de la orden de San Geronyno_, &c. (Madrid, 1590). L. de
Cabrera de Cordova, _Felipe Segundo_ (Madrid, 1619); James Wadsworth,
_Further Observations of the English Spanish Pilgrime_ (London, 1629,
1630); Ilario Mazzorali de Cremona, _Le Reali Grandezze del Escuriale_
(Bologna, 1648); De los Santos, _Descripcion del real monasterio_, &c.
(Madrid, 1657); Andres Ximenes, _Descripcion_, &c. (Madrid, 1764); Y.
Quevedo, _Historia del Real Monasterio_, &c. (Madrid, 1849); A.
Rotondo, _Hist. artistica, ... del monasterio de San Lorenzo_ (Madrid,
1856-1861); W.H. Prescott, _Life of Philip II._ (London, 1887); J.
Fergusson, _History of the Modern Styles of Architecture_ (London,
1891-1893); Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, _Annals of the Artists of Spain_
(London, 1891).
FOOTNOTE:
[1] Reduced from a large plan of the Escorial in the British Museum,
_Monasterio del Escorial_, published at Madrid in 1876.
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