New Castile and Extremadura - Original Van der Aa Engraved Map - 1715
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Original engraved map titled Nouvelle Carte du Castille Nouvelle et Estremadure, avec les grands Chemins, etc., with Madrid, Toledo, Alcala de Henares, El Escorial, La Mancha and Extremadura as far as the Portuguese border, crossed by the royal roads. Upper left, a cartouche with two putti and the scale in Spanish miles.
Original engraved map titled Nouvelle Carte du Castille Nouvelle et Estremadure, avec les grands Chemins, etc., with Madrid, Toledo, Alcala de Henares, El Escorial, La Mancha and Extremadura as far as the Portuguese border, crossed by the royal roads. Upper left, a cartouche with two putti and the scale in Spanish miles.
From Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal by Juan Alvarez de Colmenar, published in Leiden (Holland) by Pieter van der Aa in 1715, the most heavily illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper
Artist / engraver: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Juan Alvarez de Colmenar, Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden
Dimensions: Image 4.8 x 6.3 in (12.3 x 16 cm); sheet 6.5 x 6.9 in (16.4 x 17.5 cm)
Condition: Retains the folds from the binding; paper toned and with a lighter area at the upper right corner; image clean and well printed
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Original engraved map titled Nouvelle Carte du Castille Nouvelle et Estremadure, avec les grands Chemins, etc., with Madrid, Toledo, Alcala de Henares, El Escorial, La Mancha and Extremadura as far as the Portuguese border, crossed by the royal roads. Upper left, a cartouche with two putti and the scale in Spanish miles.