Author: LE CLERC, Sebastian.
Title: Les actions gloreuses des S.A.S. Charles Duc de Lorraine en Hongrie, Transylvania, etc.
Description: Augustae Vindelicorum (Augsburg), Jeremias Wolff, (1690). Large 8vo. Marbled boards. With engraved titlepage (lower margin restored), frontispiece depicting the funeral monument to Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, plan of Vienna, and 13 engraved plates after Sebastian Le Clerc by Johanna Sybilla Kräusin. First edition. - The fine engraved plates represent the military exploits of Charles V Duke of Lorraine. Three plates with 2 images, nine with a decorative border. Charles Duc of Lorainne (1643-1690) was born in Vienna , became the brother in law of Emperor Leopold. He was from a long established family of Lorraine, who had to take refuge from the forces of France. He managed to become the titular Duke of Lorraine in 1675 at a time when Lorainne was occupied by France. Since 1663 he had been in imperial Habsburg service and had a very notable military career. He was able to first distinguish himself at the Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1664, where he was under the service of Montecuccoli In 1683 he became an imperial generalissimo right before the Siege of Vienna. With the Siege of Neuhausel in 1685, Charles was able to take all of upper Hungary. After this Charles besieged Buda for two months, claiming victory in 1686. - (2 blank margins restored). - A fine cpy.
Keywords: Europe Hungary Turkey
Title: Les actions gloreuses des S.A.S. Charles Duc de Lorraine en Hongrie, Transylvania, etc.
Description: Augustae Vindelicorum (Augsburg), Jeremias Wolff, (1690). Large 8vo. Marbled boards. With engraved titlepage (lower margin restored), frontispiece depicting the funeral monument to Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, plan of Vienna, and 13 engraved plates after Sebastian Le Clerc by Johanna Sybilla Kräusin. First edition. - The fine engraved plates represent the military exploits of Charles V Duke of Lorraine. Three plates with 2 images, nine with a decorative border. Charles Duc of Lorainne (1643-1690) was born in Vienna , became the brother in law of Emperor Leopold. He was from a long established family of Lorraine, who had to take refuge from the forces of France. He managed to become the titular Duke of Lorraine in 1675 at a time when Lorainne was occupied by France. Since 1663 he had been in imperial Habsburg service and had a very notable military career. He was able to first distinguish himself at the Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1664, where he was under the service of Montecuccoli In 1683 he became an imperial generalissimo right before the Siege of Vienna. With the Siege of Neuhausel in 1685, Charles was able to take all of upper Hungary. After this Charles besieged Buda for two months, claiming victory in 1686. - (2 blank margins restored). - A fine cpy.
Keywords: Europe Hungary Turkey
Price: EUR 2145.00 = appr. US$ 2331.29 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 35347
- Book number: 35347