Vila Nova and Fort of Concepción, Portugal - Van der Aa Engraving 1715
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the bird's-eye view of the bastioned fortifications of Villa Nova and the fort of Concepción, on the river Minho. Below, the title and the key: "Villa Nova. 1. Fort de la Conception".
Original copper engraving of 1715 with the bird's-eye view of the bastioned fortifications of Villa Nova and the fort of Concepción, on the river Minho. Below, the title and the key: "Villa Nova. 1. Fort de la Conception".
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, by Pieter van der Aa, published in Leiden (Holland) in 1715 under the pseudonym A. de Colmenar, the most fully illustrated work on the Peninsula 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. 137
Dimensions: Plate mark 3.7 x 6.1 in (9.5 x 15.5 cm)
Condition: Good; the paper somewhat toned and the edges irregular and untrimmed
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the bird's-eye view of the bastioned fortifications of Villa Nova and the fort of Concepción, on the river Minho. Below, the title and the key: "Villa Nova. 1. Fort de la Conception".