Ferreira, Portugal - Original Engraving by Pieter van der Aa - 1715
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the fortress of Ferreira set on a rocky bluff, with towers, chapel and bastions; a few tiny figures give the scale on the slope. The place name, "Ferreira", engraved below.
Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the fortress of Ferreira set on a rocky bluff, with towers, chapel and bastions; a few tiny figures give the scale on the slope. The place name, "Ferreira", engraved below.
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. 150
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.1 x 3.7 in (15.5 x 9.4 cm)
Condition: The impression good; the lower margin of the sheet has a small tear and irregular edges
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Original copper engraving of 1715 with the view of the fortress of Ferreira set on a rocky bluff, with towers, chapel and bastions; a few tiny figures give the scale on the slope. The place name, "Ferreira", engraved below.