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LOT 760
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[Spain and Portugal] Beschryving van Spanjen en Portugal;

Waar in, Op het naauwkeurigste, al het geene, dat zoo ten opzigte van hunnen ouden, als tegenwoordigen staat (...) verhaald en door kunstige Print-verbeeldingen en Land-kaarten aangeweezen werd. [D. Juan Alvarez de Colmenar]. Leiden, Pieter vander Aa, 1707. New binding, small folio, halfleather with marbled boards, title on spine, half title, illus. frontispiece with title, title page in red and black, large allegorical vignette, illus. dedication, all in copper engraving by J. Goeree, (8),80,84,128,52 and 56 pp. + register.

Complete with the large folded and folding general map, the folding view of Barcelona from the sea, with French caption, and 164 text engravings + large tailpiece after the register. Several pp. with older restorations, mild tanning, name and stamp to half title, occ. (water)staining to text, else a good and complete copy with the oft-lacking profile of Barcelona. This is the translation of Les délices de l'Espagne et du Portugal by D. Juan Alvarez de Colmenar, published by vander Aa in the same year.

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