Barcelona Panorama - Original Pieter van der Aa Engraving - 1707
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Original 1707 engraving with the profile of Barcelona seen from the sea: Montjuïc and its fort at the left, the walled city beyond and vessels in the foreground. Below, a numbered key identifies twenty-five points of the city: the Tarsana, the Merced, Nostre Dame del Pi, the Inquisition, the Customs House and the Harbor Gate.
Original 1707 engraving with the profile of Barcelona seen from the sea: Montjuïc and its fort at the left, the walled city beyond and vessels in the foreground. Below, a numbered key identifies twenty-five points of the city: the Tarsana, the Merced, Nostre Dame del Pi, the Inquisition, the Customs House and the Harbor Gate.
It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1707, the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century. It keeps the imprint below, «A Leide chez Pierre vander Aa».
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1707.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1707.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.3 x 17.7 in (13.5 x 45 cm); sheet 6.4 x 18.0 in (16.3 x 45.6 cm).
Condition: It keeps the original folds. Along the vertical center fold the paper is somewhat worn, with a small restored loss. Light toning and small rubbed areas in the margins.
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Original 1707 engraving with the profile of Barcelona seen from the sea: Montjuïc and its fort at the left, the walled city beyond and vessels in the foreground. Below, a numbered key identifies twenty-five points of the city: the Tarsana, the Merced, Nostre Dame del Pi, the Inquisition, the Customs House and the Harbor Gate.