[Antique print, etching] Plan of the siege of Tournai in 1709 (Spanish Succession War), published 1729.

Peter van Call II (1688-1737)

[Antique print, etching] Plan of the siege of Tournai in 1709 (Spanish Succession War), published 1729.

Name: [Antique print, etching] Plan of the siege of Tournai in 1709 (Spanish Succession War), published 1729.
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Map of Tournai, besieged from June 29 by the Allies and taken on September 2, 1709. Numbered bottom right: ‘Tom. II. no. 42.’

Titled on the bottom left within a lion-skin cartouche: ‘LA VERITABLE PLAN DE LA VILLE DE TOURNAY’ with the explanation of the numbers referenced on the plate. On the bottom right, the same legenda in Dutch.

This map was previously published by Anna van Beek. It served to illustrate how the war of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was proceeding.

For further information see Carlyn Osborn’s contribution: ‘Anna Beek and the War of the Spanish Succession.’ (2016).

This impression, however, comes from a later edition from [Jean] du Mont’s: ‘Oorlogskundige beschryving van de veldslagen en belegeringen, der drie … en den Prins van Oranje en Nassau-Vriesland,’ from 1729.

Signed by Peter van Call II on the bottom right: ‘P.v.Cal Fecit’.

SKU: PR120723

Large plano on two sheets joined together, total: 692x 820 mm; wide margins, two vertical folding creases and one horizontal towards the bottom. A small hole on one intersection of folding creases, otherwise in great condition.

€ 121,00 (€ 100,00 ex. btw)

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