Toledo, General View - Original Van der Aa Engraving - 1715
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Original 1715 engraving with a general view of Toledo from the Tagus valley, the cathedral and the Alcazar standing out above the town and figures of peasants in the foreground. Below, within a cartouche, the engraved title "Tolede".
Original 1715 engraving with a general view of Toledo from the Tagus valley, the cathedral and the Alcazar standing out above the town and figures of peasants in the foreground. Below, within a cartouche, the engraved title "Tolede".
From "Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal", published by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1715, the most profusely illustrated work on the Iberian Peninsula published in the early eighteenth century, whose text is credited to Juan Alvarez de Colmenar.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Les Delices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden, 1715
Dimensions: Image 4.9 x 6.1 in (12.4 x 15.4 cm); sheet 6.1 x 6.9 in (15.4 x 17.4 cm)
Condition: Good, with the central vertical binding crease inherent to the book and light toning of the paper
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Original 1715 engraving with a general view of Toledo from the Tagus valley, the cathedral and the Alcazar standing out above the town and figures of peasants in the foreground. Below, within a cartouche, the engraved title "Tolede".