Frontispiece - Les Délices de l'Espagne - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Frontispiece - Les Délices de l'Espagne - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715

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Original engraving serving as the allegorical frontispiece to volume three of Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden. Across the pedestal of the title runs the motto "Qui non ha vista Sevilla non ha vista maravilla"; below are the arms of Catalonia and allegorical figures of the Indies.

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Original engraving serving as the allegorical frontispiece to volume three of Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden. Across the pedestal of the title runs the motto "Qui non ha vista Sevilla non ha vista maravilla"; below are the arms of Catalonia and allegorical figures of the Indies.

In the lower left corner is the signature of the designer of the composition, "J. G. In.", for Jan Goeree, author of the allegorical title pages of the work.

Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1715.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, volume III.
Dimensions: Image 4.9 x 6.2 in (12.5 x 15.8 cm); sheet 6.4 x 6.8 in (16.2 x 17.3 cm).
Condition: Good, with light toning of the paper at the edges.

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