¶ Professor of Spanish literature at QUB, specialising in the Spanish Enlightenment –el Siglo de las Luces–, and book history. ¶ Enjoys jazz and used to like baseball
Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa
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William #Blake, ‘The Ghost of a Flea’ (ca. 1819-20) #C18
Could I ask if anybody here uses a micrometer to measure the thickness of the paper used in the printing of 18th-c. books? #C18 If so, which one?
“Les Astronomes”, tapiz de la serie de la manufactura de Beauvais (1690-1732), perteneciente a la serie “L'Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine” (después de terminar el maravilloso libro de la historiadora Antonella Romano, ‘Impresiones de #China’)
‘Descripción del esqueleto de un quadrúpedo muy corpulento y raro, que se conserva en el Real Gabinete de Historia Natural de Madrid. Publícala Don Joseph Garriga...’ (Madrid: en la Imprenta de la Viuda de Don Joaquín Ibarra, 1796, fol.) simurg.csic.es/view/990008771… #Megaterio #C18
Programa del congreso internacional ‘Feijoo, tres siglos de crítica universal’, Instituto #Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo #XVIII, Universidad de Oviedo,23-24 de junio de 2026 ifesxviii.uniovi.es/c/document_l... #C18
The very smart bookplate of distinguished architect and art historian Luis Cervera Vera (1914-1998).
Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa
Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa
Enlightenment and (In)equality
17th International Congress for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Zaragoza, Spain
12-16 July 2027
The submission period for for thematic sessions and roundtables is now open!
All the information is available on the Congress website:
www.isecs-zaragoza2027.net/en/
Congreso de la Sociedad Internacional de Estudios del Siglo #XVIII, Zaragoza, 12-16 de julio 2027 Tema: “Ilustración y (des)igualdad”. Propuestas de mesas temáticas hasta 30 de septiembre. Propuesta de contribuciones individuales entre 30 de octubre y 31 de enero de 2027 www.isecs-zaragoza2027.net
It’s been out a while now, but Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thcentury British travel to Spain and Portugal that is free to download here!
uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun...
Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa
Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa
Sociedad Española de Estudios del Siglo XVIII
Emblems of Spanish C18 academies and societies: with the three wreaths, of the Madrid fine arts academy (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando), with the tree, of the Zaragoza society for social and economic improvement (Sociedad Económica Aragonesa de Amigos del País).
Sociedad Española de Estudios del Siglo XVIII
ISECS/SIEDS
Leo Cadogan
Richard Ansell
No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of British travel to Spain and Portugal between 1760 and 1820, across a region that is conventionally overlooked in studies of British travel to...
