Adolfo Rivadeneyra

Adolfo Rivadeneyra (April 10, 1841 in Santiago de Chile – February 5, 1882 in Madrid) was a Spanish diplomat, orientalist, editor and traveler.

Biography

Son of the renowned Catalan printer and publisher

He actively participated in the Spanish cultural world of his time and was elected to the Royal Academy of History and appointed secretary of the Geographical Society of Madrid. In Damascus he began studying Assyrian with the help of his teacher and friend Francisco García Ayuso.

As publisher, Adolfo Rivadeneyra continued to publish the series of classics of Spanish literature, entitled Biblioteca de Autores Españoles, started by his father. In addition, he related his extensive travels throughout the East in several books.

Works

• Viaje de Ceylan a Damasco. Golfo Pérsico. Mesopotamia. Ruinas de Babilonia, Nínive y Palmira, Madrid, 1871. Modern editions: De Ceilán a Damasco, 1986, Barcelona, Laertes; Viaje de Ceilán a Damasco : Golfo Pérsico, Mesopotamia, ruinas de Babilonia, Nínive y Palmira, y cartas sobre la Siria y la isla de Ceilán de Adolfo Rivadeneyra ; edición, prólogo y notas de Fernando Escribano Martín. Madrid: Miraguano. 2006.
  ISBN 84-7813-299-6
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• Viaje al interior de Persia, Madrid, Imprenta y Esterotipia de Aribau y Cª (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra), 3 tomos, 1880.

• Rivadeneyra, Adolfo (2008). Escribano Fernando Martín (ed.). Viaje al interior de Persia . Miraguano Ediciones.
  ISBN 978-84-7813-322-2
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• Works by or about Adolfo Rivadeneyra at Internet Archive