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Maps of Condé, Valenciennes and Maubeuge, ca. 1702
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Maps of Condé, Valenciennes and Maubeuge, ca. 1702

Laurens Scherm · 1702 - 1703 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with four plans of the fortifications around the cities of Condé (twice), Valenciennes and Maubeuge. Plate no. 87 in the print work consisting in total of 276 numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortifications in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. For the most part, these plates are copied from the 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. Titles and inscriptions on the plate in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePlattegronden van Condé, Valenciennes en Maubeuge, ca. 1702. 1702 - 1703. Laurens Scherm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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