EDITORIAL MAGISTERIO ESPAÑOL

Editorial Magisterio Español dates back to 1866 and was set in motion by don Emilio Ruiz de Salazar, who set up the magazine specialising in topics having to do with teaching, ‘el magisterio español’, the first edition of which appeared in Madrid on 8th may.

From the beginning it published special edition supplements about topics such as childhood, women’s issues, the law and pedagogy. In addition, in accordance with the customs of the time, it published for many years novels in instalments. Generally these novels were of a pedagogic nature and would later appear in book form. They were given as a present to subscribers and sold to others who might want them.

Along with the main activity – the editing of the magazine – the publication of books slowly began to gain in importance. The supply of books increased with pedagogic and educational works. The novels already mentioned and the text books came to form the main part of the catalogue. The most significant collectons have been novels and stories, children’s section and the schoolbooks of religion and catechism.

In 1993 the publishing house let the magazine go, but it is still published by its new owners.

In 1994 the publishing side joined with Editorial Casals and that is still the case now.