El Escorial, Church, Convent and College - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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El Escorial, Church, Convent and College - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715

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Original 1715 engraving lettered at the foot "Entrée du Temple & Veüe interieure du Convent & du College de l'Escurial". A sectioned elevation of the complex with a graphic scale of measurements and a broad engraved border; a copper engraving from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the most fully illustrated work on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.

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Original 1715 engraving lettered at the foot "Entrée du Temple & Veüe interieure du Convent & du College de l'Escurial". A sectioned elevation of the complex with a graphic scale of measurements and a broad engraved border; a copper engraving from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the most fully illustrated work on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.

Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa.
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.8 x 6.1 in (12.3 x 15.6 cm); sheet 6.1 x 6.8 in (15.5 x 17.2 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper somewhat toned, with a faint central vertical binding fold; full margins.

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