Sobre la primera traducción al inglés de la Descripción breve de El Escorial de Francisco de los Santos. Lately consumed by fire (1671), del entorno del conde de Sandwich

摘要

This paper analyzes some of the aspects of the first English translation of a Spanish art text: Francisco de los Santos Descripción breve of El Escorial. Translated by “a servant” of the first Earl of Sandwich and published in London 1671, soon after the fatidical fire that affected the Monastery. It represents an exceptional testimony of the continuous interest aroused by the monument of Felipe II and the international transcendency of Santos book, the first historical and artistic “guide” of a monument and its collections.