Elvas and the Fort of Santa Lucia, Portugal - Van der Aa - 1715
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Original copper engraving with the bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Elvas, Portugal, and at the upper left the fort of Santa Lucia, the bastioned trace drawn over the relief of the ground. Cartouche below: "Elvas. 1. Le Fort de S. Lucie".
Original copper engraving with the bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Elvas, Portugal, and at the upper left the fort of Santa Lucia, the bastioned trace drawn over the relief of the ground. Cartouche below: "Elvas. 1. Le Fort de S. Lucie".
It comes from Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa at Leiden in 1715, the most fully illustrated work on Spain and Portugal to appear in the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Publisher / engraver: Pieter van der Aa.
Date: 1715.
Source: Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden.
Dimensions: Plate mark 4.9 x 2.8 in (12.5 x 7 cm); sheet 6.4 x 3.5 in (16.3 x 9 cm).
Condition: Fair; the left edge of the sheet frayed from removal out of the book, outside the plate mark.
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Original copper engraving with the bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Elvas, Portugal, and at the upper left the fort of Santa Lucia, the bastioned trace drawn over the relief of the ground. Cartouche below: "Elvas. 1. Le Fort de S. Lucie".