Original copper engraving with the Alcazar of Segovia above the cut of the rock, the keep standing clear and, at the right, the valley of the Eresma with the sierra beyond. The caption reads "Palais Royal de Segovie, dans la Castille Vieille".
Original copper engraving with the Alcazar of Segovia above the cut of the rock, the keep standing clear and, at the right, the valley of the Eresma with the sierra beyond. The caption reads "Palais Royal de Segovie, dans la Castille Vieille".
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 the central binding fold and a crease in the right margin; the image within the plate mark is clean.