BERGE, Pieter van den (1659-1737)

Lot 188
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Lot 188 | BERGE, Pieter van den (1659-1737)
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BERGE, Pieter van den (1659-1737)

Theatrum Hispania, exhibens Regni Urbes, Villas ac Viridaria magis illustria. Amsterdam: Pieter van den Berge, [1700].

First edition of this extremely rare series of finely engraved plates, beautifully hand-coloured and highlighted in gold, depicting various views, buildings and inhabitants of Spain. The illustrations include a representation of Minerva on the title page, an allegory of Spain and numerous views of Madrid, El Escorial, Aranjuez, Granada, Toledo, Seville, Segovia, Burgos, Barcelona, Cadiz, Malaga, Gibraltar, Bilbao, Monserrat, Valladolid and Lisbon. Pieter van den Berge (1659-1737), a Dutch artist and engraver, worked in Amsterdam mainly after Gérard de Lairesse and on geographical and political subjects. Bobins V, 1677; Palau 331373 (dated circa 1660). For Pieter van den Berge, see Thieme-Becker III 393.



Oblong folio (294 x 411mm). Title with an engraved vignette and 61 engraved plates, including a large folding plan of Madrid, all finely and fully coloured by a contemporary hand, with gilt-ruled borders, some highlighted in gold, title in Latin, Dutch, Spanish and French, plates with explanatory captions in Spanish and French (small closed tear within title vignette, minor marginal soiling in places, small closed tears in folding map). 19th-century red morocco by Chambolle-Duru, edges double gilt ruled, inner dentelles richly gilt, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed).





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