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Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Siege of Namur, 1695
PLAN DE LA VILLE & CHATEAU DE NAMUR AVEC LES ATAQUES, Gravé par l’ordre du Roy
1695 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:17,500 approx. | RCIN 724078
This map shows Vauban's extensions to the fortifications which he made by adding a bastion on the Heights of Bouge to the east of the town, and two more to the west of it and constructing a strong stone redoubt between the Coehoorn and Terra Nova forts to the west.
Additional text: [top right, explanatory text and keys to the maps in cartouche decorated with entwined orange branches with, top left, two winged putti, one holding symbols of victory and peace and, bottom right, another two winged putti supporting a coat of arms of William III, quartered to represent England, Scotland, France and Ireland:] Explication des Lettres contenues dans ce Plan.
For further reading, see:
J. Childs, Ch. X. ‘The great siege of Namur 1695’, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester, 1991; reprinted 2013, pp.264-301.
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; bottom edge cropped.
Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) (publisher) [top right, below explanatory text:] à Amsteldam chez Nicolas Vißcher. / avec Privilege
Watermark: None
Condition: one fold line; some foxing. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; bottom edge cropped
Scale: 1:17,500 approx. Scale bar: [64 mm =] 300 Verges de Rhynlande.
40.5 x 56.3 cm (neatline)
42.2 x 56.3 cm (image)
42.9 x 57.8 cm (platemark)
49.5 x 65.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE & CHATEAU DE NAMUR AVEC LES ATAQUES, Gravé par l’ordre du Roy. [top, across top of map in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, explanatory text and keys to the maps in cartouche decorated with entwined orange branches with, top left, two winged putti, one holding symbols of victory and peace and, bottom right, another two winged putti supporting a coat of arms of William III, quartered to represent England, Scotland, France and Ireland:] Explication des Lettres contenues dans ce Plan.
Annotations:
George III heading: Namur 1695.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?, black pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 18 [and] 19.; [bottom right, black pencil:] 5 [overwritten in ink by:] ½ C; [right of centre, red pencil:] 54.
George III catalogue entry:
Namur Plan de la Ville et Chateau de Namur avec les Attaques en 1695: chez N. Visscher.
Subject(s)
Namur, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°28'00"N 04°52'02"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Childs, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester 1991, reprint 2013, pp. 264-301
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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