Original 1707 engraving with the fortified plan of Setubal in bird's-eye view: the walled enceinte with its bastions, the outlying forts that guarded the bar, and the gulf with ships at anchor. Titled below "Setubal".
Original 1707 engraving with the fortified plan of Setubal in bird's-eye view: the walled enceinte with its bastions, the outlying forts that guarded the bar, and the gulf with ships at anchor. Titled below "Setubal".
From volume four, devoted to the provinces of Portugal, of Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1707, the most extensively illustrated work on the peninsula 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, volume IV, Leiden, 1707.
Dimensions: Image 4.9 x 6.3 in (12.4 x 16 cm); sheet 6.5 x 6.8 in (16.4 x 17.3 cm).
Condition: Good, with light toning of the paper.