Plan van de Veldslag by Turin / Plan de la Bataille de Turin
| Reference: | S43984 |
| Author | Jean Francois DUMONT |
| Year: | 1729 |
| Zone: | Turin |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 585 x 465 mm |
€700.00
| Reference: | S43984 |
| Author | Jean Francois DUMONT |
| Year: | 1729 |
| Zone: | Turin |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 585 x 465 mm |
€700.00
Description
Splendid map of Turin, description of the siege and capture of 1706 by the allied armies led by Prince Eugene.
Taken from Histoire Militaire du Prince Eugene de Savoye, du Prince et Duc de Marlborough, et du Prince de Nassau-Frise. Ou l'on trouve un dà tail des Principales Actions de la dernià re Guerre, & des Batailles & Sieges commandez par ces trois Gà nà raux. Enrichie, A la Haye, chez Isaac van der Klott, 1729-47.
Simultaneouly published in French and Dutch. This fine and monumental work describes and depicts the wars of Prince Eugene de Savoye, the Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Nassau, in Italy, Hungary, Germany, The Netherlands and against the Turcs. The engraved maps are engraved by Hubert Iallot, Covens & Mortier, Guillaume de L'Isle etc. The very detailed panoramas of war scenes, include the fine and famous series made by Jan Huchtenburg (Huchtenburg, Pinxit et excudit). Prince Eugene's almost invariable success on the battlefield raised the reputation of the Austrian army to a point which it never reached either before or since his day. War was with him a passion. Always on March, in camps, or on the field of battle during more than fifty years, and under the reigns of three emperors, he had scarcely passed 2 years together without fighting.
The print is almost identical to the one used in the last edition of the 'Theatrum Sabaudiae' printed by Rutgert Christoffel Alberts in The Hague four years earlier; it differs mainly in the cartouche with the titles in Dutch and French in the lower left corner and in the title of the plan in the lower right corner.
Copperplate engraving, with fine later hand colour, in very good condition.
Jean Francois DUMONT (Rouen 1667 - Vienna 1727)
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French publisher. He served for a time in the German army, and later became professor of Law in Holland. After travelling in many European countries, Dumont finally settled in Austria. He published the accounts of his voyages, which became highly popular, and was named official historiographer to king Charles VI, and some time afterwards conferred on him the title of Baron de Carlscroon
He wrote several works, among which are included travel accounts in epistolary form, with interesting information on public and private life in the countries visited by the author, and others which deal with politics and history. In addition, from 1692 to 1710 Du Mont was the editor of “Lettres Ηistoriques”, a periodical published twice a year, which covered the main events in Europe.
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Jean Francois DUMONT (Rouen 1667 - Vienna 1727)
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French publisher. He served for a time in the German army, and later became professor of Law in Holland. After travelling in many European countries, Dumont finally settled in Austria. He published the accounts of his voyages, which became highly popular, and was named official historiographer to king Charles VI, and some time afterwards conferred on him the title of Baron de Carlscroon
He wrote several works, among which are included travel accounts in epistolary form, with interesting information on public and private life in the countries visited by the author, and others which deal with politics and history. In addition, from 1692 to 1710 Du Mont was the editor of “Lettres Ηistoriques”, a periodical published twice a year, which covered the main events in Europe.
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