Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal - Van der Aa Engraved Title - 1715
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Engraved title page to the fifth volume of Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the one devoted to Portugal: the statue of Afonso I ("Alphonsus I Lusit. Rex") on the pedestal bearing the title, flanked by putti with the Portuguese arms and by an allegorical group of the overseas lands.
Engraved title page to the fifth volume of Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the one devoted to Portugal: the statue of Afonso I ("Alphonsus I Lusit. Rex") on the pedestal bearing the title, flanked by putti with the Portuguese arms and by an allegorical group of the overseas lands.
The work was published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa, who is thought to have signed the text with the pseudonym Juan Álvarez de Colmenar. It is the most fully illustrated work on Spain and Portugal published at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1715.
Source: Pieter van der Aa, Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, vol. V (Leiden, 1715).
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.9 x 6.3 in (12.4 x 16 cm); sheet 6.1 x 7 in (15.5 x 17.8 cm).
Condition: Good; central vertical binding fold and slightly creased corners.
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Engraved title page to the fifth volume of Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, the one devoted to Portugal: the statue of Afonso I ("Alphonsus I Lusit. Rex") on the pedestal bearing the title, flanked by putti with the Portuguese arms and by an allegorical group of the overseas lands.