Madrid, Puerta del Sol P. van der Aa, 1707, La Fointaine et la Place du Soleil a Madrit

18th century copper engraving with a view of Puerta del Sol in Madrid.

Pieter (or Pierre) van der Aa is the editor of the work 'Les royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal, représentés en tailles-douces tres-exactes, dessinées sur les lieux mémes, qui comprennent les principales villes, forteresses, montagnes, eglises, monastéres, maisons royales, palais …', first published in Dutch in the city of Leiden in 1707. It is a book containing 165 numbered engravings with views and maps of regions and cities in Spain. That same year the French edition of that work appeared, which would be republished, also in French, in 1715 and 1741.

Very good condition. Clean and strong paper. Never folded and wide margins. Hand colored. White back.