Vintage Art Book Spanish Colonial Architecture in California SIGNED inscribed +

Thirty-Two Adobe Houses of Old California reproduced from Watercolor Paintings of Eva Scott Fenyes. Descriptive Text by Isabel Lopez de Fages. A special publication of the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. Softcover. Signature of the author and a message along with her signature is written on the title page. 

This book is a tribute to California’s romantic past with 32 plates depicting some of the most beautiful Adobe Houses of Old California. Each plate is accompanied by a short descriptive sketch by Isabel Lopez de Fages, giving something of its history and that of its former owners.

This book includes a pamphlet that lists the Eva Scott Fényes Collection of paintings housed in the Southwest Museum located in Los Angeles.

The previous owner of the book stapled an article written by Isabel Lopez de Fages about La Casa Alvarado which she purchased with the intention to restore and preserve it. The article was published in the Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly Vol. 43, No. 2 in June, 1961.

The previous owner of the book also glued a picture of Alphonse and Isabel Fages dated January 1973 and a reproduction of a photograph taken at the house years earlier.

Adobe construction was introduced to California by the Spanish in 1769. Spanish presidios, pueblos and missions were made up almost exclusively of adobe construction. These building methods were also used during the later Mexican and Early American Periods of California. Adobe buildings are some of the oldest buildings in California. They serve as important links to California's past as a colony of Spain, a province of Mexico, and during early statehood.

CONDITION : This book is in acceptable condition. Signature of the author and a message along with her signature is written on the title page. The cover is soiled, stained, scuffed, has edge wear, and has been laminated. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to the endpaper at the front of the book. There is a small tear on the endpaper at the front of the book. There is a crease on the Eva Scott Fényes Collection pamphlet. The previous owner of the book stapled an article and glued pictures of the author and her husband to the book. Pages have turned yellow from age. There are stamps from the previous owner throughout but the stamps do not obscure the text. This book is also an ex-library book. It has library markings, stamps, a book spine sticker, an 'old school' pocket for the checkout card, and the checkout card. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

LIST OF PLATES:

Frontispiece : Eva Scott Fényes, portrait

San Diego County :

Guajome Ranch-house, Buena Vista

Las Flores Ranch-house near Oceanside

Santa Margarita Ranch-house near Oceanside

Osuna Ranch-house, Rancho Santa Fe

Juan Bandini House, Old Town, San Diego

Upper House, Peñasquitos Ranch, near Sorrento

Los Angeles County :

Ávila House, Olvera Street, Los Angeles

Lugo House near Bell

Olvera House, Olvera Street, Los Angeles

Ruíz House, Old Mission Road, L.A.

Santa Anita Ranch-house, Arcadia

Palomares House, Pomona

Casa Vieja de López, San Gabriel

El Molino Viejo, San Marino

Sánchez House, La Merced Ranch

Nogales Ranch-house, Walnut

Los Cerritos Ranch-house, Long Beach

Ortiz House on road to Elizabeth Lake

De la Osa Adobe, Encino

Ventura County :

Camulos Ranch-house near Piru

Olivas Ranch-house, Ventura

Santa Barbara County :

De la Cuesta House, near Buellton

De la Guerra House, Santa Barbara

San Luis Obispo County :

William Dana House, Los Berros

Captain William Goodwin Dana House,

Nipomo

Petronilio Ríos House, San Miguel

Monterey County :

Fabian Barreto House

José Castro House

Headquarters of Generals Sherman & Halleck

Vallejo House

San Benito County:

Castro House, San Juan Bautista

Sonoma County:

Blue Wing Hotel, Sonoma