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Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving] Attack of the French on the Line at Stollhofen in 1703 (Spanish Succession War), published 1729.
Description: Map of the line at Stollhofen near Fort Louis on the Rhine, attacked by the French on April 23, 1703. On the bottom left a cartouche with the German eagle and the Dutch Lion near the legend A-M referencing the points marked in the map. Numbered lower right: 'Tom. II. no. 31'.Titled above: 'THE LINI, BY STOLHOF, IN DER ELSAS TUSSGHEN STRAATSBURG, ET HET FORT LUIS, Door de Franse aangetast op den 23 April 1703 / LIS LIGNES DE STOLHOFFEN EN ALSACE, ENTRE STRATSBURG & FORT LUIS, Attaquees par les Francois le 23 Avril 1703.'This map was previously published by Anna van Beek. It served to illustrate how the war of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was proceeding.For further information see Carlyn Osborn's contribution: 'Anna Beek and the War of the Spanish Succession.' (2016).This impression, however, comes from a later edition from [Jean] du Mont's: 'Oorlogskundige beschryving van de veldslagen en belegeringen, der drie ... en den Prins van Oranje en Nassau-Vriesland,' from 1729. Large plano on two sheets joined together, etching and engraving; total: 565 x 680 mm; wide margins, vertical folding crease in middle, some wear on the margins, otherwise in great condition.

Keywords: Cartography|French|Maritime & Military