Original 1707 engraving with the mountain and pass of San Adrian, the tunnel cut through the rock by which the royal road crossed the Aizkorri range between Guipuzcoa and Alava. Titled below "Le Mont St. Adrien avec son chemin percé dans le roc".
Original 1707 engraving with the mountain and pass of San Adrian, the tunnel cut through the rock by which the royal road crossed the Aizkorri range between Guipuzcoa and Alava. Titled below "Le Mont St. Adrien avec son chemin percé dans le roc".
From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar and published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1707, the most extensively illustrated work on Spain of the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1707.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1707.
Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.1 in (17 x 15.5 cm).
Condition: Good, with light toning of the paper.