War of the Spanish Succession - Repraesentatio Belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico, Decker, Wolff, 1725 - Old maps for sale

Author: Decker, Paul

Publisher: Jer. Wolff Erben

Published: Augsburg

Publishing year: 1725

Paul Decker the Elder and others. War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). "Repraesentatio Belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico ... Der Spanische Successions-Krieg ...". Jeremias Wolff - Heirs, Augsburg, ca. 1725. Large folio (57,5:44 cm). Engraved title, a sheet with accompanying text ("Kurtze Beschreibung des Spanischen Successions-Kriegs, so Anno 1701. angefangen, und An. 1714 ...geendiged worden ...") and a list of engravings ('Register wie die Blatten ... folgen'), 53 (of 56) full-page copperplate engravings (each ca. 49:38 cm) - engraved by (among others) J. A. Corvinus, M. Engelbrecht, J. B. Probst, G. H. Schifflen after drawings by (among others) P. Decker, G. P. Rugendas, A. Drentwett. Half-parchment binding from the time.

 Each of the magnificent plates depicts a specific battle (arranged chronologically, as the wars unfolded), which is shown in the central part of the engraving; the entire image is surrounded by a Baroque decorative frame composed of architectural, allegorical, and heraldic symbols and accompanied by a descriptive text about the battle. Many of the plates also contain a small vignette depicting the battlefield. - Depicted are (among others) the battles of Capri, Bonn, Gibraltar, Málaga, Barcelona, Turin, the conquest of the island of Mallorca, Milan, and Zaragoza. - The paper cover of the binding scuffed; the parchment spine and corners soiled. - Three engravings (the capture of the Belgian city of Huy, the Italian city of Tortona, and the island of Sardinia) are missing—they were not bound into the volume.