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VAULTIER (ACTIVE 1694-5)

Netherlands, 1690-94

LES CAMPEMENS DES ARMÉES DU ROY DE FRANCE & DES ALLIEZ AUX PAYS-BAS / Depuis l’Année 1690 Iusques à Present

published 1695

Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:617,400 approx. | RCIN 724044

An outline map of Flanders showing the locations of the encampments of the French and Allied armies in the years 1690-94, based on the memoirs of Vaultier. Nine Years War (1688-97). Oriented with north to top (compass rose).

See also RCIN 1047812 for the 1740 copy of the Journal des marches campemens, batailles, sieges et mouvemens des armées du Roy en Flandres; et de celles des Alliez, depuis l'année 1690. jusqu'en 1694 inclusivement [...] par le Sr. Vaultier.

An earlier edition of this map, entitled LES CAMPEMENS / DES ARMÉEs DU ROY / DANS LES PAYS-BAS / DÉPUIS L’ANNÉE 1690. JUSQUES-EN 1694. / dediés à sa MAJESTÉ. / Par le S.r VAULTIER. Com.re Ord.re de l’Artillerie. / et Dressés sur ses memoires. / Par le S.r P. MOULLART SANSON. Geog. Ordinaire du Roy / A PARIS. / Chez l’Auteur aux Galleries du Louvre. / Avec Privil. du Roy. 1694, is in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. This includes details of the campaigns for 1690-93. (BNF GE D-15472).

This map was also included in Atlas minor ad usum serenissimi burgundiae ducis. Atlas françois à lusage de monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne contenant les cartes et tables geographique des empires, monarchies, royaumes, et etats du monde which was issued anonymously by Pieter Mortier; several of the maps in this atlas, dating 1693-6, bear the imprint of A.H. Jaillot. See Koeman vol. 3, p.8; Pastoureau (Jaillot ID and IE); Philips 514.

The map was issued in Nicolas Sanson's Atlas nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde published by Pierre Mortier in 1696, v.2 and also in another Mortier re-issue of Jaillot's maps dated about 1700. See records 27597, 27599, and 30709 in the Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog database and also RCIN 724045.

In 1695 Vaultier wrote the Journal des marches campemens, batailles, sieges et mouvemens des armées du Roy en Flandres; et de celles des Alliez, depuis l'année 1690. jusqu'en 1694 inclusivement ... (Veuve Coignard, Paris; Worldcat record; see RCIN 1047812; OCLC number 165763150) and it is possible that this map was published in that volume. A previous edition of this book appears to have been published in 1694 in Paris by Coignard & Couterot (Worldcat record; OCLC number: 313037243) in which Vaultier describes himself as ‘commissaire ordinaire de l’artillerie. It was reprinted in 1740 (Third Edition; Worldcat record) and then about 1750 by Covens and Mortier (Worldcat record).

The map was also published in Observations sur l’art de faire la guerre, suivant les maximes des plus grands generaux, Amsterdam: Francois Honore & fils, 1744.

Dedication: [top, following on from title:] DEDIÉS A SA MAIESTÉ Par le S.r VAULTIER. A PARIS. 1695

Additional text: [across bottom of map, a journal/list of the encampments for 1690:] CAMPEMENS / DES ARMÉES / en Flandre en l An 1690 [followed by ‘CAMPEMENS de l’Année 1691’ [and 1692 and 1693.] Top left, a continuation of the journal/list for the year 1694:] CAMPEMENS / des / ALLIEZ L’ANNEE / 1694. [Bottom left, above text and to right of scales, a key to the symbols used:] Explication des Remarques.

Condition: five fold lines; creased; heavy brown staining and discolouration to both sides.
  • Vaultier (active 1694-5) (cartographer)

    Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) (dedicatee)

  • Watermark: None visible

    Condition: five fold lines; creased; heavy brown staining and discolouration to both sides

  • Scale: 1:617,400 approx. Scale bars: ESCHELLE Mille Pas Geometriques, ou Milles d’Italie [45 mm =] 15; Lieues Communes d’Allemag. de 4000 Pas. Geo. [49 mm =]; Grandes Lieues d’Allem. de 5000 P. Geom. [45 mm =]; Petites Lieues de France de 2000 P. Geom. [48 mm =]; Lieues Comunes de France de 2500 P. Geom. [45 mm =]; Grandes Lieues de France ou d’une heure de Chemin de 3000 Pas Geomet. chacunes [45 mm =] 5.

    45.9 x 55.8 cm (image)

    [cropped] x 56.0 cm (platemark)

    32.8 x 53.9 cm (neatline)

    47.0 x 58.7 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    LES CAMPEMENS DES ARMÉES DU ROY DE FRANCE & DES ALLIEZ AUX PAYS-BAS / Depuis l’Année 1690 Iusques à Present [across top of map, above border]

    Dedication:

    [top, following on from title:] DEDIÉS A SA MAIESTÉ Par le S.r VAULTIER. A PARIS. 1695

    Additional text:

    [across bottom of map, a journal/list of the encampments for 1690:] CAMPEMENS / DES ARMÉES / en Flandre en l An 1690 [followed by ‘CAMPEMENS de l’Année 1691’ [and 1692 and 1693.] Top left, a continuation of the journal/list for the year 1694:] CAMPEMENS / des / ALLIEZ L’ANNEE / 1694. [Bottom left, above text and to right of scales, a key to the symbols used:] Explication des Remarques.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments in the Netherlands 1690-95.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [on the face of the map, ink: additional encampments and dates between 1676 and 1713 have been added.] (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Carte des Campemens des Armées du Roy de France et des Alliés aux Pays Bas, depuis l’année 1690 jusques a present: par le S.r Vaultier, 1695. [The same entry appears under the heading Netherlands.]

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  • 14 March 2024