OF THE CHURCH OF MIRAFLOR ES 72

VIEW OF TOLEDO 106

INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL, TOLEDO 140

FACADE OF SAN GREGORIO, VALLADOLID 248

HALL OF AMBASSADORS, DO. 315

FACADE OF THE ALCAZAR, SEVILLE 325

GREAT COURT OF DO. 328

INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL, SEVILLE 353

WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

ARCO DE SANTA MARIA. BURGOS. 30

INTERIOR OF THE CHOIR, CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS 33

SCULPTURE IN THE APSE, DO. DO. 40

HEAD OF ST. FRANCIS 48

FOUNTAIN OF SANTA MARIA, BURGOS 69

ITALIAN GALLERY AT THE MUSEO, MADRID 94

FLORINDA'S BATH, TOLEDO 112

APSE OF THE CATHEDRAL, TOLEDO 129

COSTUME OF A MILITARY NUN, SANTA FE, TOLEDO 165

CHURCH OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES, DO. 179

CLOISTER OF SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES, DO. 182

INTERIOR OF SANTA MARIA LA BLANCA, DO. 196

INTERIOR OF CHRISTO DE LA LUZ, DO. 201

CASTLE OF GUADAMUR. ENVIRONS OF DO. 226

FACADE OF SAN PABLO. VALLADOLID 242

COURT OF SAN GREGORIO. VALLADOLID 249

COURT OF DOLLS, ALCAZAR, SEVILLE 331

FOUNTAINS AT THE ALCAZAR 339

PORTAL OF SAN TELMO, SEVILLE 422

PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES

OF

SPAIN.

LETTER I.

TO MRS. C---- R.

Rue de Richelieu.

You perceived at a glance the satisfaction you caused me, when, on
receiving my temporary adieus, you requested me to send you some account
of my travels in Spain. Had it not been so, you had not been in
possession, on that day, of your usual penetration. Indeed, you no doubt
foresaw it; aware that, next to the pleasure of acquiring ocular
information respecting the peculiar objects which interest an
individual, there is no greater one than that of communicating to a
spirit, animated by congenial tastes, the results of his explorations.
You must have foreseen, that, with my recollections of the pleasure I
had derived from our excursions in one of the most interesting regions
of France, during which I was witness to the intelligence and rapidity
of perception you displayed in the appreciation of the monuments of the
Middle Ages, the opportunity of committing to paper the impressions I
should receive in a country so rich in those treasures, with