Spain, Cádiz, Almendraba (Tuna fishing) P. van der Aa, 1707, Peche des Thons a Cadix

Copper engraving with a view towards Cadiz on the horizon with on the foreground the traditional way of tuna fishing (´Almendraba´) going on.

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 this 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. Reverse side blank

Image 12,5x15cm on sheet of 18x22cm