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DUMONT, Jean – HUCHTENBURG, Jean. Batailles gagnées par le serenissime prince Fr. Eugene de Savoye sur les ennemis de la foi, et sur ceux de l'empereur & de l'Empire, en Hongrie, en Italie, en Allemagne & aux Pais-Bas.A la Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1725.
Estimation :
Start Price 3 500 €
Description
Folio, mm. 475x300; Binding of the XVIIIth century in full calf, spine with golden ornaments and titles on red morocco label, marbled free end papers; Half title, Frontispiece, Title page in red and black ink with wide copper vignette, 6 not numbered leaves, pp. 132;
Frontispiece with portrait, vign. on Titlepage, wide Headpiece, 10 headpieces with the armies , 7 maps folded out text, 10 plates out text with depiction of the battles, all engraved in copper. Ex libris heraldic engraved in copper of the Marquise de Bastard de Fontenay, with coat of arms and the indication 'Bibliotheque de Dobert', glued to the first inside cover.
Beautiful illustrated work, very rare to find complete. The enterprises of Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the most brilliant strategists of his time, are narrated by the French writer and beautifully illustrated in Jean Huchtenburg Dutch engraver boards. The described and depicted battles are: Zenta, September 11, 1697; Chiari, September 1, 1701; Luzzara, August 15, 1702; Hoghstedt, August 13, 1704; Cassano, 16 August 1705; Turin, September 7, 1706; D'Audenarde, July 11, 1708; Mons, September 11, 1709; Peterwaradin, August 5, 1716; Belgrade, 16 August 1717. Some of these tables are located in the antique market, proposals separately.
Traces of wear, dampstain on the bottom edge of a hundred cards, unsophisticated copy.
Frontispiece with portrait, vign. on Titlepage, wide Headpiece, 10 headpieces with the armies , 7 maps folded out text, 10 plates out text with depiction of the battles, all engraved in copper. Ex libris heraldic engraved in copper of the Marquise de Bastard de Fontenay, with coat of arms and the indication 'Bibliotheque de Dobert', glued to the first inside cover.
Beautiful illustrated work, very rare to find complete. The enterprises of Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the most brilliant strategists of his time, are narrated by the French writer and beautifully illustrated in Jean Huchtenburg Dutch engraver boards. The described and depicted battles are: Zenta, September 11, 1697; Chiari, September 1, 1701; Luzzara, August 15, 1702; Hoghstedt, August 13, 1704; Cassano, 16 August 1705; Turin, September 7, 1706; D'Audenarde, July 11, 1708; Mons, September 11, 1709; Peterwaradin, August 5, 1716; Belgrade, 16 August 1717. Some of these tables are located in the antique market, proposals separately.
Traces of wear, dampstain on the bottom edge of a hundred cards, unsophisticated copy.
