Object Title
Malaga
Object Name
Book
Artist/Maker
Jose Ruiz Sanchez
Date Made
1972
Materials
Paper --Coated Paper
Catalogue Number
2009.148.001
Dimensions

Part a- Length: 22.0cm x Width: 22.0cm x Height: 0.5cm
Part b- Length: 22.0cm x Width: 22.1cm x Height: 0.6cm
Part c- Length: 22.1cm x Width: 22.2cm x Height: 0.6cm

Description

a- A blue soft covered book entitled "Malaga" written by Jose Ruiz Sanchez and printed in Spain in 1972. The front cover is blue with white coloured shield-shaped crest on the top, the book title in white lettering below the crest, and a coloured image of the beach. The spine and the back cover of the book both have a plain blue surface. The book introduces the architecture and natural landscapes of the region of Malaga with coloured photographs and English texts. There is a folded map titled "CITY MAPE OF MALAGA" at the end of the book in front of the back cover. b- The purple inner book jacket that has a pink rectangle on the front panel with a cut-out oval shape inside the rectangle. c- The light blue outer book jacket. It has a square shaped cut-out on the front panel. Below the cut-out shape is a hand-written inscription that reads "To the Mayor of Kingston Ont. affectionately, from a Malaga's -Torrermolinos citizen// Loandro Sanchez Cavilla". There is a plastic tape with a red dot on the bottom left corner of the front panel. The back panel of the book jacket is blue and plain.

History

Given to the Mayor of Kingston Ont. from a Malaga's -Torrermolinos citizen// Loandro Sanchez Cavill