SOME RARE BOOKS, INTERESTING, CURIOUS AND SPECIAL IN THE C.E.M LIBRARY.
Among the ten thousand titles that have been gathered in the library of the Center for Montañeses Studies since its creation in 1934, there are volumes of great interest, be it due to its special editing features, its content or, in other cases, even by its origin or annotations. Some of these outstanding hard-to-find editions will be periodically included in this section., often tracts, brochures and other small formats. In case the books do not belong to the Center's funds or are in its library as temporary deposits, the ownership of the library of origin is stated.
1755. Bull of dismemberment of the Archbishopric of Burgos and erection of the Bishopric of Santander, of 12 December 1754, being Pope Benedict XIV and Ferdinand VI king of Spain (Doc. recovered the 2018).
1786. Cantabria: Dissertation on the site, and extension that the Cantabrian region had in Roman times, with news from the neighboring regions, and several ancient towns. Preliminary speech to volume XXIV. of sacred Spain over the province of Tarragona, by Enrique Flórez (Edition 1877 of the Royal Academis of History).
1791. Ordinances that the King our Lord commands to be observed on the Real Camino de Santander, whose radical composition and preservation has been committed by H.M.. to the Royal Consulate of said City, by Francisco de Peredo Somonte, Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Consulate.
1797. Nature Combination, Industry, and Politics to make Cantabria happy, by Josef Manuel Fernández Vallejo.
1807. Historical essay and brief description of the portentous and miraculous image of the Holy Christ that is titled Burgos and is venerated in the Royal Convent of the Holy Trinity, Redemption of Captives of said city, by Fray Josef Sanz. [See also Santander and the legend of Santo Cristo de Burgos (Altamira 1974)]
1837. Succinct report of the main tasks carried out by the Santander Board of Trade in 1836, by Gervasio de Eguaras.
1838. Descriptive report of the Buelna Valley Epidemic [in 1837], by José Ferrer Garcés and Juan de Sámano.
1843. Description of the port of Santander, and instruction for entry and exit in it. Published by the Hydrography Directorate, Madrid.
1850. Report on the railway project of Isabel II, from Alar del Rey to Santander. Appendix number XIII. Published by the concessionaire Commission of the same.
1850. Historical essay on the literary life of the teacher Fray José de la Canal, of the Order of Saint Augustine, Director of the Academy of History and continuator of Sacred Spain, by Pedro Sáinz de Baranda. Madrid.
1872. Santoña's book, by Aureliano Fernández-Guerra
1880. Brief notes on some prehistoric objects from the province of Santander, by Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola. Pioneering publication that proposed the prehistoric character of the Altamira cave paintings, renewing universally accepted assumptions about the capabilities of primitive man and the times in which his intellectual evolution had reached full development.
1884. The Miera Process o The Cause of Miera, Edition of La Voz Montañesa (Antonio M. Coll y Puig, Santander). (CEM Library).
1884. The Miera Process, by Agustín Saez Domingo. Edition of the Legislation Magazine, Madrid (private library).
1885-1991. The province of Santander considered from all its aspects o Anniversaries of the province of Santander), by José Antonio del Río y Sáinz
Volume I, First part (January to Junion)
Volume I. Second part (July to December)
Volume II, First part (January to Junion)
Volume II. Second part (July to December)
1890. [Album] From Cantabria, by various authors. Printing and Lithography of El Atlántico.
1890. Clinical history of a large sarcoma of the parotid gland, followed by some considerations on surgical intervention in parotid tumors by Dr. D. Jose Cano Quintanilla.
1891. Our public papers. messy notes by “a former journalist”. [Private library of Fernando Vierna García]
1901. Songs of the Mountain. Collection of popular songs from the province of Santander harmonized by maestro Rafael Calleja. [Music]
1906. The paintings and engravings of the prehistoric caves of the Province of Santander. Altamira – Covalan – Hornos de la Peña – Castillo, publication Portugal, by Hermilio Alcalde del Río.
1906. The paintings and engravings of the prehistoric caves of the Province of Santander. Altamira – Covalan – Hornos de la Peña- Castillo, by Hermilio Alcalde del Río.
1906. The cave of Altamira near Santander (Spain), by Émile Cartailhac and Henri Breuil. Monoco.
1935. The Cave of Altamira at Santillana del Mar, Spain. Breuil, H., Obermaier, H. File Typography (1935)
1911. Impressions from a quick trip through the province of Santander studying its industries dairy, by Juan and Ventura Alvarado y Albo.
1911. The Caves of the Cantabrian Region, by H. Mayor of the River, H. Breuil and L. Sierra.
1913. La Pasiega à Puente Viesgo (Santander, Spain), by Henri Breuil, Hugo Obermaier and Hermilio Alcalde del Río. Edition of the Institute of Human Paleontology.
1914. From Cantabria. Santillana. -San Martín and Santo Toribio and Santa María de Lebeña (Liébana). – Santa Maria del Puerto (Santoña) by Bernardino Martín Mínguez.
1915. Summary of the perforated canes of the province of Santander / News of two new prehistoric sites in the province of Santander, by Orestes Cendrero, Professor at the Santander Institute.
1915. Luis del Castillo Camus and his musical works. Prestigious opinions. Author's edition. [Music]
1916. The fishermen of the North and Northwest of Spain. His social and private life by province, by Benigno Rodríguez Santamaría (Ed. facsimile. from Galicia). [Open in “Province of Santander”]
1916. Conference on mountain genealogy read by its author D. Mateo Escagedo Salmon the day 25 April 1916 at the Ateneo de Santander.
1919. Pbright. Glosses and comments on the life and books of the Ingenious Mountain Hidalgo, by José Montero (Francisco Gutiérrez Díaz Library).
1920. Strategic normal track railway from Santander to Valencia via Burgos, Soria, Calatayud, Teruel and Segorbe that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Cantabrian Sea, by Ramon de Aguinaga.
1922. The popular Montañés dialect. Phonetics, etymology and glossary of voices. Notes for a book. G. Adriano García-Lomas and García-Lomas (Prologue by Mateo Escagedo Salmón.
1923. II exhibition of mountain artists. Santander Athenaeum, August and September 1923.
1925-1934. Mountain Lots, by Mateo Escagedo Salmón: Volume I (1925), Volume II (1926), Tomo III (1928), Volume IV (1930), Volume V (1931), Volume VI (1932), Volume VII (1933) y Volume VIII (1934) [Genealogical contents can be consulted in a 'Volume 0', prepared by ASCAGEN]
1927. Elementary natural history course. GEOLOGY, by Orestes Cendrero Curiel.
1929. ROYAL AND MANOR ABBEY of Ríva Martín. Tower and Solar Fort of Pedrosa, but Tobalína. Lordship of Bureva Hall Towers. Santa Cruz stronghold, Chapels of Salcínal and Kings, Boards of Trustees of the Monastery of San Pedro and the Villota Schools in Medina de Pomar. Armory Houses of Venero de Assas, in Noja de Castillo, in Santander de Ezquerra de Rozas, Santa Cruz and Entrambasaguas, in Guriezo. Other foundations linked to the Arnáiz de Paz family. Composite and organized book with a view of original documents that are related by Eloy Arnáiz de Paz in Madrid and 't in the year of grace oc honey nine hundred and twenty-nine and printed in Santander in the same year. [Author Eloy Arnáiz de Paz; care of the printing by Guillermo Arnáiz de Paz.]
1935. ;From the mountain manor home. Evocations, by Eloy Arnaiz de Paz. (Bibl. particular of Francisco Gutiérrez Díaz)
1930 ca. Nomenclator of the entities of the Province of Santander and the municipalities to which they belong. CEM Library, Reg. nº 262, 31 pages (Anonymous, Ed. 1927-1935)
193o. Illustrations to history of the M. N. and S.. L. Trasmier Merindada, Volume I. Fermin de Sojo y Lomba. 1ª Ed. Engineers Memorial Printing Office, Madrid.
1927. Illustrated guide edited by Cantabria Cars. Excursions and circular trips through the province of Santander and trips to Bilbao, San Sebastian, Burgos and Asturias. Aldus Graphic Arts, Santander.
1931. Illustrations to the history of the M. N. and S.. L. Trasmier Merindada, Volume II. Fermin de Sojo y Lomba.
1931. The Toranzo Valley floods. A very rare loose leaflet of the year 1582 that in 1931 regains relevance, by Tomás Maza Solano.
1932. Pedagogy and eugenics, by Enrique Diego-Madrazo y Azcona.
‘Complete works’ of Madrazo in the Municipal Library of Santander [discharge digital]:
Lectures given at the Ateneo de Madrid. 1933.
Cultivation of the human species: inheritance and education. 1904.
Have the Spanish people died?. 1903.
The end justifies the means. Soulless. Among Women. 1922.
The cultivation of the human species: Inheritance and Education (plays).1904.
Introduction to a public instruction law.1918.
The question of the squad.1903.
Surgical clinic lessons. 1888.
Four (Drama). 1903.
Pedagogy and Eugenics (Cultivation of the human species). 1932.
Plays on the Cultivation of the Human Species. Tomo III. 1904.
Madrazo Sanatorium. Memory.1904.
[Those interested in this author and his work, You can consult in the section Newspaper archive of this website, the Surgery Bulletin of the Madrazo Sanatorium from Santander]
1935. The cave of Altamira at Santillana del Mar (Spain). New edition published by the Junta de las Cuevas de Altamira, the Spanic Society of America and the Real Academia de la Historia. Henri Breuil and Hugo Obermaier.
1935. Santander end of the century, by J.. M. Gutiérrez-Calderón de Pereda; prologue by Vicente de Pereda.
1936. At the service of the militias. Published by the Santander Militia Secretariat (Bibl. particular of Fernando Vierna García)
1938. Two discoid steles from Cantabria, by Juan Gómez Ortiz. Spanish Association for the Progress of Sciences.
1947 y ss, Popular songbook of the province of Santander, by D. Sixto de Córdova y Oña [Music]
Book 1 (2947): SPANISH CHILDREN'S SONGBOOK
Book 2 (1949): CHANTS OF WORK AND ROUND
Book 3 (1952): ROMERO SONGS, SAILORS, OF FIFTH,
BRIDAL AND CRIB
Book 4 (1955): MARZAS, PICAYOS, bailes, DANCES, ROMANCES
AND RELIGIOUS SONGS
1947. La Pantoja, jargon of the master stonemasons of Trasmiera, by Fermín de Sojo y Lomba.
1948. Mountain writers and Catalonia. Lecture read by José del Río Sáinz at the Athenaeum of Barcelona on the night of 17 of December 1948. (Original pages that were used for reading). Typescript, bound, with handwritten dedication.
1951. “The Bishopric of Santander”. In Holy Spain IV, by Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo.
1951. The Marquis of Valdecilla, by Gregorio Marañón, with introduction by Pablo Beltrán de Heredia. Copy number 40/150, printed for the Center for Montañese Studies.
1953. Botanical Geography of Santander. Emilio Guinea Lopez. Publications of the Most Excellent Provincial Council of Santander.
1954. The Cantabrian navy and Juan de la Cosa, by Antonio Ballesteros Beretta (First Edition published by patronage of Joaquín Reguera Sevilla).
1968. THE CANTABRIAN NAVY. Ed. Excma. Provincial Council of Santander. 3 Tomes:
I. From its origins to the 16th century, by Antonio Ballesteros Beretta, Professor of History at the University of Madrid. From the Royal Academy of History.
Leaf: Letter from Juan de la Cosa
II. From the 17th century to the decline of sailing, by Fernando Barreda and Ferrer de la Vega.
III. from the steam, by Rafael González Echegaray.
1971. Housing and man in the countryside of the province of Santander, by Javier González-Riancho y Mazo.
1979. Statutes of the National Association of Tudanca Beef Breeders (Regulation and racial standard) by the National Association of Tudanca Beef Breeders.
1980. Santander in the history of its streets, by José Simón Cabarga. This remarkable researcher, Official Chronicler of Santander and member of the Center for Montañeses Studies, in which the donation of your library and archive is preserved, left an important publishing legacy. The book that we include here has the special interest of offering Santander citizens a specific and historical breakdown of the city street map., a key that allows us to follow the history of the city over time.
1980. On my long road, booklet of poems by Juan Hormaechea, with dedication to Leandro Valle.
1981. Historical heritage, artistic and archaeological of Cantabria, Artistic Heritage Section. Delegation of the Ministry of Culture. M. A. Garcia Guinea.
1985-2002. Great Encyclopedia of Cantabria, by Editorial Cantabria S.A. [Wikipedia], historic editor of the Diario Montañés (Pending negotiations with Editorial Cantabria for digital publication on this website of the Center for Montañeses Studies).
1986. The convent of the Holy Cross [from Santander]. Fr. Maria Patricio Guerin.
1988. Marian shrines of Cantabria. María del Carmen González Echegaray.
1988. The kitchen and the sea. 7000 Recipes made by 7000 Spanish housewives.Volume II: BEAUTIFUL AND SARDINES. (The FROM Notebooks. Secretary. Gen. tecn. share Min. of Agriculture, Fishing and Food. 1988)
1994. For a sociology of everyday life, by Jesús Ibáñez Alonso.
1995. History of Cantabria. A century of history and bibliography (1886-1994): Volume I , Volume II, by Manuel Suárez Cortina (ed.), Ramon Maruri Villanueva and Julius J. Polo Sanchez. Botín Foundation.
1997. The Tudanca cow and its grazing, by José María de Cossío (Unpublished texts)
2001. Dictionary of surnames and coats of arms of Cantabria, by Carmen González Echegaray and Conrado García de la Pedrosa.
2002. Memories of the Church and the Bishopric of Santander, by José Martínez de Mazas and study by Joaquín González Echegaray.
2004. The Peña Cabarga massif. A journey through time and heritage, by Virgilio Fernandez, Mariano Serna and Emilio Muñoz.
2007 (1750/1842/1897). crucible of truth, speculative light, shining mirror, summary description of the Convent of San Agustín de Xerez de los Caballeros, by Fray Henrique de Polanco (An elaborate literary joke that is preserved in the Menéndez Pelayo Library in Santander).
2008. Historical geography of the Diocese of Santander, by José Luis Zubieta Irun. University of Cantabria and Bishopric of Santander (This digital diffusion published with authorization of the author)
2008. 100 masterpieces of civil architecture in Cantabria, by Aurelio Gonzalez-Riancho Colongues (With permission of the author)
2010. Castros and Castra in Cantabria. Fortifications from the origins of the Iron Age to the wars with Rome. Catalog, review and updating. Mariano Serna Gancedo, Antxoka Martínez Velasco and Virgilio Fernández Acebo (coordinators) et al. (With authorization from the Acanto Federation for the cultural and natural heritage of Cantabria).
2010. Underground Cantabria. Large cavity catalog. Update 2010. Jose Leon Garcia. (Digital reproduction on this website with authorization of the author).
Volume 1 [Municipalities from Alfoz de Lloredo to Riotuerto]
Volume 2 [Municipalities of Ruesga a Voto]
iron mine from Alar del Rey to Santander. From Isabel II's railway to the end of the Renfe monopoly, by Manuel López- Calderon Barreda.
Volume 1 [Municipalities from Alfoz de Lloredo to Riotuerto]. Jose Leon Garcia. (Digital reproduction with permission of the author).
2015. The iron road from Alar del Rey to Santander. From Isabel II's railway to the end of the Renfe monopoly, by Manuel López- Calderon Barreda.
2015. Excavating the Cueva del Juyo. A sanctuary from ago 14.000 years, by Joaquín González Echegaray and Leslie Gordon Freeman (Work composed by the Institute for Prehistoric Investigations, which agreed with the Center for Montañeses Studies to publish it in print format and, from this original, with the Altamira Museum and Research Center).
2016. Defense, fortifications and navy: the cantabrian coast (1746-1814). Angel San José Mediavilla (doctoral thesis, University of Zaragoza).
2016. After Altamira. Post-Paleolithic rock art and graphics in Cantabria. Mariano Serna Gancedo, Antxoka Martínez Velasco and Virgilio Fernández Acebo (coordinators) et al. (With authorization from the Acanto Federation for the cultural and natural heritage of Cantabria).
2019. The rock church of San Juan de Socueva (Arredondo, Cantabria). Prospecting, dating and studies of a remote Visigothic temple active in Beato's time, by Serna Gancedo, M., Fernandez Acebo, V (coords.) et al. ACANTO Federation. Santander.
V.F.A. 2024
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