Original copper engraving with a bird's-eye view of Seville: the city girdled by its wall in the bend of the Guadalquivir, with the bridge of boats, the moored fleet and the suburb of Triana in the foreground. Below, the arms of the city and a numbered key to sixteen buildings, from the cathedral to the Torre del Oro.
Original copper engraving with a bird's-eye view of Seville: the city girdled by its wall in the bend of the Guadalquivir, with the bridge of boats, the moored fleet and the suburb of Triana in the foreground. Below, the arms of the city and a numbered key to sixteen buildings, from the cathedral to the Torre del Oro.
From Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published at Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early 18th century.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Engraver: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733).
Date: 1715.
Source: Les delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715.
Dimensions: Image 4.8 x 6.3 in (12.3 x 16 cm); sheet 6.5 x 6.9 in (16.4 x 17.5 cm).
Condition: Damp stains in the upper margin and at the upper left corner, visible in the photograph; central binding fold. The area within the plate mark is clean.