Beaurain - Histoire des quatre dernières campagnes du maréchal de Turenne, Atlas voume, Paris, 1782 - Old maps for sale

Author: Beaurain, Jean de

Publisher: Beaurain, Jean de

Published: Paris

Publishing year: 1782

Beaurain, Jean de. ("Histoire des quatre dernières campagnes du maréchal de Turenne en 1672-1673-1674 et 1675") - atlas volume. Paris: Beaurain, 1782. Folio (41:29 cm). A total of 24 copperplate engravings of maps and plans (double-sheet or folded). Full-leather binding from the time with gilding on the spine.

 Maps, plans of fortifications and troop deployments during the wars of Louis XIV under the command of Marshal Turenne in the Netherlands, parts of Germany, Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comté. Includes: Burick in the Duchy of Kleve; the fortress and town of Rees; Arnhem; the sieges of the fortresses of Knotsembourg and Nijmegen; the fortress of Schenck at Betau; the fortresses of Voorne and S. André in the province of Gelderland; Crevecoeur in Brabant; Bommel in Brabant; a map of the Netherlands; a map of the western part of Germany (from the town of Wesel in the north to Strasbourg in the south); the Battle of Sintzheim (with movable part); the Battle of Entzheim near Strasbourg (with movable part); Wasslen Castle; a map of parts of Lorraine, Alsace and Franche-Comté; the Battle of Mühlhausen; the Battle of Turckheim in Upper Alsace; a plan of the town and castle of Dachstein; the Battle of Altenheim (with movable parts); the course of the Rhine from Basel to Mainz (on six folded sheets). – Cracks in the mounts of several sheets repaired; otherwise well preserved.