Granada, View of the Two Castles - Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the two castles of Granada perched above the ravine, and the city spread out below with its towers and domes. The French title appears below: "Vue des deux Châteaux de Grenade".
Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the two castles of Granada perched above the ravine, and the city spread out below with its towers and domes. The French title appears below: "Vue des deux Châteaux de Grenade".
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Pieter van der Aa, published in Leiden (Holland) in 1715, which the publisher signed with the pseudonym A. de Colmenar. It is the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear in the early eighteenth century.
Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal (Leiden, 1715), print no. 127
Dimensions: Plate mark 7.3 x 6.1 in (18.5 x 15.5 cm)
Condition: Good; central vertical fold proper to the binding and slight toning of the paper at the edges
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the two castles of Granada perched above the ravine, and the city spread out below with its towers and domes. The French title appears below: "Vue des deux Châteaux de Grenade".