Map of the battle of Marsaglia, 1693

Map of the region in Piedmont between Turin and Pinerolo (Pignerol) where the allies were defeated by the French in the Battle of Marsaglia, 4 October 1693. Plate no. 166 in the print work consisting in total of 276 numbered plates of famous fortified cities and strongholds in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the most part, these plates are copied from anonymous French plates: in Les forces de l'Europe and in: Le theatre de la guerre, dans les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions on the plate in French.