RARE First Edition 1974 Arquitectura Inedita Unedited Architecture Cesar Manrique Lanzarote Book
In good used condition, both pages and dust cover - Lanzarote Arquitectura Inedita - Cesar Manrique hardback book with dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few very small tears. Published in 1974. Book pages slightly yellowed at edges, but this edition is extremely rare and now more than 50 years old! Beautiful coffee table catalogue of more than 160 pages of photos of Lanzarote architecture up to 1972. Including windmills, chimneys, whitewashed houses and landscapes, vines, walls, volcanoes, churches and cactii. Photos in black and white only. Text is in SPANISH only, but little of it, so easily translatable. The photos tell the story. Beautiful book to cherish. Great source book for the Manrique aficionado or for lovers of architecture.
It is now the 50th anniversary of the book’s original first publication in 1974 and a brand new edition has been published in 2024, which I also have for sale here on the website.
Sections include:
Geology & landscape; Popular Housing; Religious architecture; military architecture; Chimneys; Doors & Windows; Windmills
This edition has no ISBN number. Just on the second to back page printed: Ind. Graf. Valverde S.A. Gral. Mola, 27 San Sebastian. 1974
I also have the more recent third anniversary of Cesar’s centenary edition in mint condition for sale and the second edition updated from 1988 - please have a look.
Hardback with dust jacket. 220 pages, most are photos.
Dimensions: 27.5cm x 27.5cm
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
I welcome any questions you may have.
Please contact: info@manriquelanzarote.store for any further information
In good used condition, both pages and dust cover - Lanzarote Arquitectura Inedita - Cesar Manrique hardback book with dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few very small tears. Published in 1974. Book pages slightly yellowed at edges, but this edition is extremely rare and now more than 50 years old! Beautiful coffee table catalogue of more than 160 pages of photos of Lanzarote architecture up to 1972. Including windmills, chimneys, whitewashed houses and landscapes, vines, walls, volcanoes, churches and cactii. Photos in black and white only. Text is in SPANISH only, but little of it, so easily translatable. The photos tell the story. Beautiful book to cherish. Great source book for the Manrique aficionado or for lovers of architecture.
It is now the 50th anniversary of the book’s original first publication in 1974 and a brand new edition has been published in 2024, which I also have for sale here on the website.
Sections include:
Geology & landscape; Popular Housing; Religious architecture; military architecture; Chimneys; Doors & Windows; Windmills
This edition has no ISBN number. Just on the second to back page printed: Ind. Graf. Valverde S.A. Gral. Mola, 27 San Sebastian. 1974
I also have the more recent third anniversary of Cesar’s centenary edition in mint condition for sale and the second edition updated from 1988 - please have a look.
Hardback with dust jacket. 220 pages, most are photos.
Dimensions: 27.5cm x 27.5cm
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
I welcome any questions you may have.
Please contact: info@manriquelanzarote.store for any further information
Cesar Manrique transformed the island of Lanzarote, his birthplace, during his lifetime. Tragically killed in a fatal car accident in 1992, at just 72 years old, he was fundamentally an environmentalist, artist, sculptor and architect, deep thinker and lover and protector of his homeland. His work saved Lanzarote from becoming yet another spoiled Spanish tourist resort - destroyed by the need and greed to create an income from tourism at any cost. Manrique never forgot the history and heritage of his native island, built on volcanic lava and rock. He created a utopia of visitors' sites from the natural materials of the island - lava, rock, volcanic ash, whitewashed houses, cactus, palms and sand and sea and a vision of the volcanic island life that we hope will never be lost. Long may his legacy live on, as we take in the breathtaking beauty of his creations.
I myself was lucky to have been influenced by the island and the man himself, and of course the beautiful people of Lanzarote. My daughter is a Conejera (a female born in Lanzarote). This is my collection of work from both Cesar and the island of Lanzarote itself. Please do let me know know if there is anything you are looking for as I may be able to find it for you. I now live in Almeria in South Eastern Spain, a desert area that is also inspirational and recalls aspects of the island of Lanzarote. I am a total Hispanophile and Manriquephile!
