Plan of Madrid with the Buen Retiro, Spain - Van der Aa Original Engraving 1715

Original engraving with the bird's-eye plan of Madrid in the early eighteenth century, between the Manzanares and the palace and gardens of the Buen Retiro. The key numbers fourteen places, among them the Royal Palace, the Prado, the Toledo Gate, Atocha, the Plaza de la Cebada, the Casa de Campo, the Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor, the Plaza de Santo Domingo, the bridge over the Manzanares and the Alcalá Gate. Scale in Castilian varas and toises. Title: "Plan de Madrit".

From Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, published in Leiden (Holland) by Pieter van der Aa in 1715 and attributed to Juan Álvarez de Colmenar: the most fully illustrated work on Spain published in the early eighteenth century.

Medium: Copper engraving
Engraver / publisher: Pieter van der Aa (Leiden, 1659-1733)
Date: 1715
Source: Les Délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal, Leiden (Holland), 1715, print no. 17
Dimensions: 7.4 x 6.1 in (18.8 x 15.6 cm)
Condition: Good; two vertical folds, slightly uneven left margin, light even toning of the paper.