Public Domain in the Basque Library

Interns working with materials in the Basque library

#basquepublicdomain

To celebrate Public Domain Week, the Jon Bilbao Basque Library is happy to bring you materials and ideas for your next creative project! We have curated a selection of Basque-themed images from our library and archival collections that you to create your own derivative works. We invite you to take a look at our selections and to share your projects with us and the world by using #basquepublicdomain as your hashtag when posting to social media platforms. We can’t wait to see your projects!

Come view our materials!

Starting on March 14, 2022, we will be providing the opportunity to look at these beautiful items. Come see us and visit our exhibit of rare books selected for this event. The display will be in our public area until April 6 and it will contain the following books:

Azkue, Resurrección María de. “Cancionero popular vasco.” Barcelona: Boileau & Bernasconi, 1910.
Azkue, Resurrección María de. “Vizcaytik Bizkaira: zarzuel esukaldun, en 3 actos.” Place of publication not identified: [publisher not identified], 1899.
Besnard, Charles Henri. Le pays basque français.Paris: H. Laurens, 1921.
Blackburn, Henry. Artistic Travel in Normandy, Brittany, the Pyrenees, Spain and Algeria. New edition. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1895.
Boissel, W. Le Pays Basque: sites, arts et coutumes. Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, 1920.
Campión, Arturo. Orreaga (Roncesvalles): balade escrita en el dialecto guipuzcoano. Pamplona: J. Lorda, 1880.
Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford), and Gordon Browne. The Adventurer in Spain. London: Isbister and Co. Ltd., 1903.
Dix, Edwin Asa. A Midsummer Drive through the Pyrenees. New York, NY;: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1891.
Fedden, Katharine Waldo Douglas, and Romilly Fedden. The Basque Country. Boston: Houghton Mifflin company; [etc.,etc.], 1921.
Gadow, Hans. In Northern Spain. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1897
López-Mendizabal, Isaac. Ume koxkorrentzat euzkeraz egindako zenbakiztiya edo aritmetika. Tolosa: E. Lopez, 1913.
Madrazo, Pedro de. Navarra y Logroño. Barcelona: D. Cortezo y ca, 1886.
Pirala, Antonio. Provincias vascongadas. Barcelona: D. Cortezo y ca., 1885.
Sallaberry, J.-D.-J. “Chants populaires du Pays Basque: paroles et musique originales.” Bayonne: Imprimerie de Veuve Lamaignére, 1870.
Scupoli, Lorenzo, Joannes de Haraneder, and Noël Joseph. Duvergier. Gudu izpirituala: ceintan aurkhitzen-baitire passioneen bentzutzeco eta bicioen garaïtzeco moyanic hoberenac eta segurenac. Tolosan: J.-F. Robert, 1750
Taine, Hippolyte, and Gustave Doré. A Tour through the Pyrenees. New York: H. Holt, 1875.
Vincent, Marvin R. In the Shadow of the Pyrenees from Basque-Land to Carcassone. New York: C. Scribner’s sons, 1883.

Select public domain content

Musical instruments, from the title page of "Chants populaires du Pays Basque : paroles et musique originales."
Incipit of the Gernikako Arbola anthem, from "Vizcaytik Bizkaira : zarzuel esukaldun, en 3 actos," p. 70.
Man, oxen and wagon, from the frontispiece of "In the Shadow of the Pyrenees from Basque-Land to Carcassone."
Printing’s stamp, detail from the frontispiece of "Vizcaytik Bizkaira : zarzuel esukaldun, en 3 actos."
“Meça Saindua Entzuteko Othoitzac”, detail from "Gudu izpirituala : ceintan aurkhitzen-baitire passioneen bentzutzeco eta bicioen garaïtzeco moyanic hoberenac eta segurenac," p. 7.
Detail from the title page of "Orreaga (Roncesvalles) : balade escrita en el dialecto guipuzcoano."
Aritmetika-Ikasgayak, detail "Ume koxkorrentzat euzkeraz egindako zenbakiztiya edo aritmetika," p. 3.
"The Belles and Dames of Goust," photograph detail, "A midsummer drive through the Pyrenees," p. 175.
Men were Working at the Coarse Hay, photograph detail, "The adventurer in Spain," p. 282.
Jeu de Pelote Basque, photograph detail, "Le Pays Basque Français," p. 36.
A Nun, detail from "Artistic travel in Normandy, Brittany, the Pyrenees, Spain and Algeria," p. 94.
Iruña/Pamplona, detail from "Northern Spain, painted and described," p. 290.
A window, detail from "Provincias vascongadas," p. 167.
Two boats, detail from "The Basque Country," p. 120.