Plan of the Monastery of El Escorial - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original antique engraving with the general plan of the Monastery of El Escorial: church, Courtyard of the Kings, cloisters, college, palace and gardens, with the graphic scale below. An engraving from Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715.
Original antique engraving with the general plan of the Monastery of El Escorial: church, Courtyard of the Kings, cloisters, college, palace and gardens, with the graphic scale below. An engraving from Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715.
Published by the Dutch bookseller, engraver and geographer Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733) and attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, this work was the most fully illustrated book on Spain published at the beginning of the 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: Pieter van der Aa, Leiden
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 paper, central binding fold and tears in the right margin, one of them several centimeters long reaching the edge of the plate mark.
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Original antique engraving with the general plan of the Monastery of El Escorial: church, Courtyard of the Kings, cloisters, college, palace and gardens, with the graphic scale below. An engraving from Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715.