Original copper engraving with the view of Cártama in the basin of the Guadalhorce: the town spread on the hillside below its castle and, beyond, the sierras of Malaga, identified together with the Malaga road in the numbered key below. Titled in a cartouche "Cartama".
Original copper engraving with the view of Cártama in the basin of the Guadalhorce: the town spread on the hillside below its castle and, beyond, the sierras of Malaga, identified together with the Malaga road in the numbered key below. Titled in a cartouche "Cartama".
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, a small dark stain at the upper edge and somewhat irregular edges; the image within the plate mark is clean.