Estampas Compostelanas / Santiago de Compostela Archbishopric

No Place: No Publisher, 1915. Presumed First Edition . Leather Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ksado, Luis. No date (circa 1910-1915), No Location [prob. Galicia, Spain]; property of the author [es propriedad del autor / reservados todos los derechos / prohibida la reproducion de texto y fotografias] circa early twentieth century. Quarto, original wraps in [presumably later]quarter leather hard binding. Introduction by Salvador Cabeza de Leon + 56 pp. black and white photographs on rectos with descriptions on versos. Leather moderately scuffed as shown in scans; thatl later hardcover binding is VG+. Original parchment wrappers toned (scans), have a few chips, have been professionally repaired. Contents - photographs and text - are age-toned but undamaged. Overall, Very Good. A strange a beautiful collection of vintage photographs by Luis Ksado - the namesake of a recently created European photography award, won in 1999 by Peter Marlow - of religious artifacts, buildings, locations and persons in the Santiago de Compostela archbishopric of Galicia, Spain. Introduced by Salvador Cabeza de Leon. The theme is that of documenting the home of the Compostela, or Compostelana, a revered religious parchment artifact which lies in the archbishopric. The Ksado photographs are a testament to the depth of Compostelana spirituality in the area, which is also the focus of modern-day pilgrimages. Probably quite rare; another copy is mentioned in the "Archivo do Kingdom of Galicia" Probably not replaceable. See scans. Lg6