Title page frontis 1719 van der Aa Spain les Delices natives cherubs allegory
Title page frontis 1719 van der Aa Spain les Delices natives cherubs allegory Title page frontis 1719 van der Aa Spain les Delices natives cherubs allegory Title page frontis 1719 van der Aa Spain les Delices natives cherubs allegory
$ 75.00

Frontispiece: "Les Delices de l'espagne et du Portugal"

(Royalty, Alphonso I, Spain, Portugal, allegorical title page).

Issued 1715, Leiden, by van der Aa.

Delightful engraved title page print depicting Alphonso I, a legendary Spanish monarch from the 8th century. Cherubs at lower left, natives of either South America or Africa seen to the right, one a mother with three young children.

Nice looking example, pleasing age patina, any minor age flaws easy to overlook or forgive.

Sheet measures c. 6 1/4" H x 7" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):.
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 1, p.1.

[R20318].