Biblioteca De Catalunya Collection

The Walkuren (Valkyrien), ca 1899. Found in the Collection of Biblioteca de Catalunya

TWAIN, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also called Mark (1835-1910). American author
CUL4856155 TWAIN, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also called Mark (1835-1910). American author and humorist creator of "Tom Sawyer"

NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). Swiss financier and statesman at France's service. Engraving (1883). Litography
CUL4851158 NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). Swiss financier and statesman at France's service. Engraving (1883). Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Portrait of George Sand , 19th century (engraving)
CUL4863143 Portrait of George Sand , 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: SAND, Aurora Dupin, called George (1804-1876). English writer. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

TORRES VILLARROEL, Diego de (1693-1770). Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, astrologer, doctor, mathematician
CUL4857013 TORRES VILLARROEL, Diego de (1693-1770). Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, astrologer, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca

PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Espana artistica y monumental. 1842 - 1850. The Palace of Monterrey in Salamanca
CUL4877540 PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Espana artistica y monumental. 1842 - 1850. The Palace of Monterrey in Salamanca. Romanticism. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

SERRA Y PAUSAS, Joan (S.XIX). D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. 1860s. DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870)
CUL4876858 SERRA Y PAUSAS, Joan (S.XIX). D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers. 1860s. DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). English writer. Illustration of chapter XXVIII

BURNS, Robert (1759-1796). Scottish romantic poet. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4867611 BURNS, Robert (1759-1796). Scottish romantic poet. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia); (add.info.: BURNS, Robert (1759-1796)

COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889). British writer. My Miscellanies. Edition published in London (1875). Litography
CUL4867447 COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889). British writer. My Miscellanies. Edition published in London (1875). Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). English writer. Portrait of Alexandre Dumas. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4867026 DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). English writer. Portrait of Alexandre Dumas. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

BUFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of (1707-1788). Rhesus monkeys (rhesus)
CUL4847751 BUFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of (1707-1788). Rhesus monkeys (rhesus). Illustration of the "Histoire naturelle, generale et particular", 1749-1788. Engraving. SPAIN

The Theory of Moral Feelings' by Adam Smith, Half-title with portrait of the author. Published in 1809 (engraving)
CUL4937185 The Theory of Moral Feelings' by Adam Smith, Half-title with portrait of the author. Published in 1809 (engraving); (add.info.: SMITH, Adam (1723-1790)

Page of the ' Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam recentiorum
CUL4937116 Page of the ' Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam recentiorum: cui accesserunt Galilei Nuncius sidereus, and Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice"

The book of the courtier of Baldassare Castiglione, first Spanish translation of Juan Boscan y Almogaver
CUL4868744 The book of the courtier of Baldassare Castiglione, first Spanish translation of Juan Boscan y Almogaver, in 1534 - BOSCAN Y ALMOGAVER, Juan (1495-1542)

OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819-1880). English composer, conductor and theatre director, German by birth. Etching. SPAIN
CUL4867675 OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819-1880). English composer, conductor and theatre director, German by birth. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889). British writer. Portrait of Collins from an English edition of "My
CUL4867430 COLLINS, William Wilkie (1824-1889). British writer. Portrait of Collins from an English edition of "My Miscellanies" (London, 1875). Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

JOVELLANOS, Gaspar Melchor de (1744-1811). English politician and learned writer
CUL4869173 JOVELLANOS, Gaspar Melchor de (1744-1811). English politician and learned writer. Title page of the " Works by Jovellanos"

PEREZ DE HITA, Gines (1544-1619). Spanish Golden Age writer. Cover of the book "Historia de los bandos de los
CUL4869115 PEREZ DE HITA, Gines (1544-1619). Spanish Golden Age writer. Cover of the book "Historia de los bandos de los zegries y abencerrajes, caballeros moros de Granada

Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine
CUL4867242 Illustration of an edition of Pushkin's drama " Boris Godunov" illustrated by Boris Zworykine and published in Paris in 1927. Portion of Marina. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA

NAPOLEON I Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military man and politician, Emperor of France (1804-1815).; EASTLAKE
CUL4867165 NAPOLEON I Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military man and politician, Emperor of France (1804-1815).; EASTLAKE, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865). English painter

ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533). Italian Renaissance poet. Profile image based in a portrait by Titian. Etching. SPAIN
CUL4867052 ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533). Italian Renaissance poet. Profile image based in a portrait by Titian. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (engraving)
CUL4863245 LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (engraving) by Rouget, Georges (1784-1869) (after); (add.info.: ROUGET, Georges (1784-1869); LOUIS IX, Saint Louis, of France (1214-1270)

Portrait of Erasmus included in the front page of ' Colloquia', 1655 (print)
CUL4937079 Portrait of Erasmus included in the front page of ' Colloquia', 1655 (print); (add.info.: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus (1469-1539). Dutch clergy, humanist and writer

Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving)
CUL4935125 Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving); (add.info.: DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

MUNCH, Edvard (1883-1944). Portrait of Stephane Mallarme. 1896. MALLARME, Stephane (1842-1898). English symbolist poet
CUL4867081 MUNCH, Edvard (1883-1944). Portrait of Stephane Mallarme. 1896. MALLARME, Stephane (1842-1898). English symbolist poet. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, called (1622-1673). English dramatist and actor. Engraving (17th c.). Etching. SPAIN
CUL4868791 MOLIERE, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, called (1622-1673). English dramatist and actor. Engraving (17th c.). Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601)
CUL4868671 CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601). Danish astronomer

SPENCER, Herbert (1820-1903). Portrait of Herbert Spencer. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4867392 SPENCER, Herbert (1820-1903). Portrait of Herbert Spencer. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia); (add.info.: SPENCER)

CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601)
CUL4875768 CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. BRAHE, Tycho (1546-1601). Danish astronomer

Title page and frontispiece of Orchard of Divine Plants, 1594
CUL4852301 Title page and frontispiece of Orchard of Divine Plants, 1594 by Unknown Artist, (16th century); (add.info.: Title page and frontispiece of Orchard of Divine Plants, 1594 - ALARCON)

SULLY, Maximilian of Bethune, duke of (1560-1641). English statesman. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4851107 SULLY, Maximilian of Bethune, duke of (1560-1641). English statesman. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794). English chemist. Established the composition of the water
CUL4847736 Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794). English chemist. Established the composition of the water and the basis of bioenergetics. Engraving. Paris (1864). Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

ALARCON Y ARIZA, Pedro Antonio de (1833-1891). Spanish poet, novelist and journalist. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA
CUL4856847 ALARCON Y ARIZA, Pedro Antonio de (1833-1891). Spanish poet, novelist and journalist. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Espana artistica y monumental. 1842 - 1850. Spain (19th c.). Alcala de Guadaira
CUL4877468 PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Espana artistica y monumental. 1842 - 1850. Spain (19th c.). Alcala de Guadaira. Ruins of the castle

DOSTOYEVSKY, Fyodor Mikhaylovich (1821-1881). Russian writer.; LEVINSON, Andre Iakovlevich (1887-1933)
CUL4867209 DOSTOYEVSKY, Fyodor Mikhaylovich (1821-1881). Russian writer.; LEVINSON, Andre Iakovlevich (1887-1933). Russian writer and dance critic

HUME, David (1711-1776). Scottish empiricist philosopher and historian. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4867710 HUME, David (1711-1776). Scottish empiricist philosopher and historian. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Spain (19th c.). Cordoba. Mozarabic chapel of the cathedral
CUL4877498 PEREZ VILLAAMIL, Jenaro (1807-1854). Spain (19th c.). Cordoba. Mozarabic chapel of the cathedral. Original drawing by Jenaro Perez Villaamil for the work " Espana Artistica y

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). British romantic poet, 1836 (engraving)
CUL4938197 SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). British romantic poet, 1836 (engraving); (add.info.: Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)); AIC.

CADALSO Y VAZQUEZ, Jose de (1741-1782). Spanish writer. Cover of Jose Cadalso's book " Noches
CUL4869147 CADALSO Y VAZQUEZ, Jose de (1741-1782). Spanish writer. Cover of Jose Cadalso's book " Noches lugubres"". Edition printed in Zaragoza (1843). Engraving. SPAIN

HEINE, Heinrich (1797-1856). German writer and poet. Signed portrait. Unknown artist. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA
CUL4867745 HEINE, Heinrich (1797-1856). German writer and poet. Signed portrait. Unknown artist. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

PONIATOWSKI, Josef Antoni, Prince (1763-1813). Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief
CUL4867626 PONIATOWSKI, Josef Antoni, Prince (1763-1813). Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the Empire. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809-1892). Photo engraving after a photo by Elliot. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
CUL4867337 Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809-1892). Photo engraving after a photo by Elliot. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Portrait of Walt Whitman included in an edition of his complete works " Complete
CUL4867331 WHITMAN, Walt (1819-1892). Portrait of Walt Whitman included in an edition of his complete works " Complete Writings", published in New York in 1902. Original drawing by T

Pau CASALS
CUL4866046 Pau CASALS; (add.info.: CASALS, Pau (1876-1973). Spanish cellist, composer and conductor.; FALLA, Manuel de (1876-1946). Spanish composer and pianist

Morocco (19th c.). Ruins of Tingis. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya
CUL4873529 Morocco (19th c.). Ruins of Tingis. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia); (add.info.: Morocco (19th c.). Ruins of Tingis. Etching

Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt
CUL4849344 Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt by Unknown Artist, (17th century); (add.info.: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1605 - 1657)

Cover of the ' Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam recentiorum
CUL4937125 Cover of the ' Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam recentiorum: cui accesserunt Galilei Nuncius sidereus, and Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice"

Portrait of BUFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of (1707-1788) (engraving)
CUL4937155 Portrait of BUFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of (1707-1788) (engraving); (add.info.: BUFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of (1707-1788)

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"Biblioteca de Catalunya: A Treasure Trove of Art, Literature, and History" Step into the enchanting world of Biblioteca de Catalunya, where centuries-old masterpieces await to captivate your imagination. This esteemed library houses a vast collection of literary gems and artistic treasures that offer a glimpse into the rich cultural heritage of Catalonia. As you wander through its hallowed halls, you'll come across remarkable works such as "The Walkuren (Valkyrien), ca 1899, " an exquisite painting that transports you to the mythical realm of Norse mythology. The intricate engravings by John Locke from the 19th century provide profound insights into philosophy and human understanding. Delve deeper into celestial wonders with Andreas Cellarius' "Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. " This mesmerizing engraving from 1661 showcases the Northern Hemisphere in all its celestial glory, taking you on a cosmic journey through time. Artistic brilliance knows no bounds at Biblioteca de Catalunya. Oscar Wilde's haunting xylography piece titled "Salome" exudes both beauty and darkness, leaving an indelible mark on your soul. Meanwhile, the cover of Barcelona's first incunabula publication in 1495 serves as a poignant reminder of our historical roots. Prepare to be awestruck by Andreas Cellarius' "Harmonia Macrocosmica, " an engraving adorned with biblical passages that intertwines science and spirituality seamlessly. Equally captivating is Frederik de Wit's world map found within his Atlas – it unveils unknown lands yet to be explored. Immerse yourself in cultural milestones like the premiere of Richard Wagner's opera "Walkure" at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona during 1899 or indulge in satirical caricatures like those found within Lustigen Blatter magazine depicting Bayreuth's Twilight of Coins era.