Caption
Roses, Puicerda, Mont-Louis, Prati de Mola, Cities in Catalonia and Southern France, The Principal Fortresses & Fortresses of Spain, France, Italy, Savoyard, Germany & the Netherlands, Accurate Illustrations of the Main Strong Cities and Fortresses in Spain, Savoy, Germany and the Netherlands, print, album page, map, Presentation with four maps of cities in Catalonia and Southern France during or just before the War of Spanish Succession. With texts in Dutch and French., printmaker: Abraham Allard, Amsterdam, printmaker: Carel Allard, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), Leiden, grantor of privilege: States of Holland and West Friesland, 1701 - 1733, paper, etching, height 218 mm x width 280 mm, fortifications, military engineering, maps of cities, War of Spanish Succession, Catalonia, Southern France, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Puigcerdá, Period, 1701 - 1713, A sepia-toned engraving showing four map panels arranged in a grid, each panel depicting a fortified town with star-shaped bastions, surrounding walls, and adjacent terrain features such as winding rivers, hills, cultivated fields, and dotted shoreline areas; the top left panel shows a coastal fortress with layered angular ramparts and a bay along the edge, the top right panel displays another walled town with irregular angled fortifications and small outworks, the bottom left panel features a large inner citadel with a grid of streets and surrounding defenses and rough textured hills beyond, and the bottom right panel presents a portside fortress with geometric bastions, harbor edges, and a channel separating a peninsula, all panels rendered with fine line hatching, compass roses, measurement bars, and small clusters of trees and buildings scattered in the landscapes.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B29_172
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