Montjuic Castle, Barcelona - Original Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original line engraving with the fort of Montjuïc above Barcelona, treated as a view of the hill with the outline of the bastioned enceinte laid over it in plan. It carries a cartouche with the title in French, a scale, a compass rose and a numbered key below identifying the old fort, the signal tower and the quarters of the troops.
Original line engraving with the fort of Montjuïc above Barcelona, treated as a view of the hill with the outline of the bastioned enceinte laid over it in plan. It carries a cartouche with the title in French, a scale, a compass rose and a numbered key below identifying the old fort, the signal tower and the quarters of the troops.
From "Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal" by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden. It is of particular interest for recording the fortress a few years before the siege of Barcelona of 1714. In Spanish the place name also appears as Montjuich or Mont-Jouy, as the lettering below has it.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Juan Álvarez de Colmenar
Condition: A leaf from the book with slight toning of the paper and some small damp spots at the edges; the image is clean and complete.
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Original line engraving with the fort of Montjuïc above Barcelona, treated as a view of the hill with the outline of the bastioned enceinte laid over it in plan. It carries a cartouche with the title in French, a scale, a compass rose and a numbered key below identifying the old fort, the signal tower and the quarters of the troops.