Original 1715 engraving with a general view of Valladolid: the skyline of towers and bell-towers behind and, in the foreground, the market gardens and enclosures of the valley with two figures looking out over the city. Below, within a cartouche, the engraved title "Valladolid".
Original 1715 engraving with a general view of Valladolid: the skyline of towers and bell-towers behind and, in the foreground, the market gardens and enclosures of the valley with two figures looking out over the city. Below, within a cartouche, the engraved title "Valladolid".
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