Costumes of the Basque Country - Original Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving with a scene of Basque popular dress: twelve figures ranged in a mountain landscape, identified by letters in the key below as peasants on their way to market, Biscayan and Gascon girls, a woman of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, women of Bayonne and Biscayan women going to church. The caption reads "Habits des Biscayens & des Biscayennes".
Original copper engraving with a scene of Basque popular dress: twelve figures ranged in a mountain landscape, identified by letters in the key below as peasants on their way to market, Biscayan and Gascon girls, a woman of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, women of Bayonne and Biscayan women going to church. The caption reads "Habits des Biscayens & des Biscayennes".
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: Good condition; evenly toned laid paper, with the central binding fold and slight wear at the edges.
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Original copper engraving with a scene of Basque popular dress: twelve figures ranged in a mountain landscape, identified by letters in the key below as peasants on their way to market, Biscayan and Gascon girls, a woman of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, women of Bayonne and Biscayan women going to church. The caption reads "Habits des Biscayens & des Biscayennes".