Olivenza, Badajoz - Original Engraving by Pieter van der Aa - 1715
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Original copper engraving with the bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Olivenza, Badajoz, with its bastioned enceinte and hornwork, and observers on a hill in the foreground. Cartouche below: "Olivenca".
Original copper engraving with the bird's-eye view of the fortified town of Olivenza, Badajoz, with its bastioned enceinte and hornwork, and observers on a hill in the foreground. Cartouche below: "Olivenca".
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 3.3 in (16.3 x 8.4 cm).
Condition: Fair; the right 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 Olivenza, Badajoz, with its bastioned enceinte and hornwork, and observers on a hill in the foreground. Cartouche below: "Olivenca".