The Aljibe Cistern, Granada - Original Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving with the great cistern of Granada, the masonry tank roofed with two pitches and with its two access mouths, in a landscape closed by the Sierra Nevada, identified with the number 1 in the key. The caption reads "Citerne à Grenade, nommée Algibe".
Original copper engraving with the great cistern of Granada, the masonry tank roofed with two pitches and with its two access mouths, in a landscape closed by the Sierra Nevada, identified with the number 1 in the key. The caption reads "Citerne à Grenade, nommée Algibe".
From Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.3 x 4.9 in (16 x 12.5 cm); sheet 7.4 x 6.1 in (18.7 x 15.6 cm)
Condition: Toned laid paper, with well-marked vertical binding folds and a slight crease in the upper right margin; the image within the plate mark is clean.
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Original copper engraving with the great cistern of Granada, the masonry tank roofed with two pitches and with its two access mouths, in a landscape closed by the Sierra Nevada, identified with the number 1 in the key. The caption reads "Citerne à Grenade, nommée Algibe".