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Maps of Fort Louis, Trier, Biche and Homburg, 1726
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Maps of Fort Louis, Trier, Biche and Homburg, 1726

anonymous · 1726 · 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 and two views of Fort Louis, Trier, Biche and Homburg. Plate no. 178 in part VIII of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme aussi les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne, 1726, this first part containing 238 hand-numbered plates of famous strong cities and fortresses in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713. Most of these plates are copied from anonymous French plates of famous strong cities and fortresses: 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 in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKaarten van Fort Louis, Trier, Biche en Homburg, 1726. 1726. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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