Original copper engraving with a general view of Écija, in Seville, from the far bank of the Genil, with the bridge, the tower at the entrance and groups of muleteers and workmen in the foreground. The numbered key below marks the road to Seville, the place where the wool was washed, the road to Cordova and the cathedral church.
Original copper engraving with a general view of Écija, in Seville, from the far bank of the Genil, with the bridge, the tower at the entrance and groups of muleteers and workmen in the foreground. The numbered key below marks the road to Seville, the place where the wool was washed, the road to Cordova and the cathedral church.
It comes from Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa in 1715, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early eighteenth century, whose text was ascribed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar, a pseudonym of the publisher himself.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / lithographer: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Source: Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715, p. 69
Date: 1715
Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.1 in (17 x 15.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; toned laid paper, with the central binding fold and irregular margins; the image remains sharp and well inked