Gerona, City Plan - Original Pieter van der Aa Engraving - 1707
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Gerona, City Plan - Original Pieter van der Aa Engraving - 1707

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Original 1707 engraving with the plan of Gerona (Girona) and its defenses: the course of the Ter, the castle, the Capuchin suburb and the hill forts that cover the city. It carries a graphic scale and a numbered key below, in French.

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Original 1707 engraving with the plan of Gerona (Girona) and its defenses: the course of the Ter, the castle, the Capuchin suburb and the hill forts that cover the city. It carries a graphic scale and a numbered key below, in French.

It comes from Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1707 (first edition), the most fully illustrated work on Spain to appear at the beginning of the 18th century.

Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1707.
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1707 (Pag. 617).
Dimensions: Plate mark 2.6 x 4.9 in (6.6 x 12.4 cm); sheet 3.7 x 6.4 in (9.4 x 16.3 cm).
Condition: Good. Paper browned at the edges and a light vertical fold; without tears.

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