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Tournai, 1667
PLAN DE TOURNAY / Ville Episcopale, ou il y à un Parlement, Capitalle / du Tournesis Scitué sur la Riviere de l’Ecaut / Eloigne de Cinq Lieues de Lille, à Six de Valentiē= / nes, a Quatre de Menin, Sept de Douay, à Cinq et...
published 1708Etching and engraving; printed on paper; manuscript yellow colouring to field trenches | Scale: 1:9,000 approx. | RCIN 723132
A map of Tournai, showing the approach works of the French siege, commanded by Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne vicomte de Turenne (1611-75), which lasted from 21 June 1667 until the town surrendered on 25 June. Oriented with north-east to top (compass rose). War of Devolution (1667-8).
Following its capture by the French in 1667, the fortifications of Tournai were strengthened by Vauban. Bailleu published this retrospective map just a few months before the fortress was again besieged, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), by Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy in 1709.
A close copy of Baillieu's map, without the military details, and without reference to the 1667 siege, was published in Amsterdam about 1720 by Pierre Mortier.
Gaspard Baillieu (active 1696-1726) (publisher) [in title panel, below title:] A PARIS, / Chez le S.r Baillieu, Geographe Demeurant au Bout du Pont / au Change vis à vis l’Orloge du Palais au Neptune François / Avec Privilege du Roy 1708.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: cartouche with letters B [heart] C [or G]
Condition: four fold lines; creased. Verso: heavy surface dirt; water-stained patch, right of centre, from the removal of William Augustus's cipher label; brown discoloured square and small fragments of label
Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de Trois Cent Toises [65 mm =]
37.3 x 49.3 cm (neatline)
38.4 x 49.8 cm (image)
39.0 x 51.0 cm (platemark)
44.1 x 56.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE TOURNAY / Ville Episcopale, ou il y à un Parlement, Capitalle / du Tournesis Scitué sur la Riviere de l’Ecaut / Eloigne de Cinq Lieues de Lille, à Six de Valentiē= / nes, a Quatre de Menin, Sept de Douay, à Cinq et / Demy de Courtray, et a Six et Demy d’Oudenaer= / de Elle fut Prise Par le Roy en 1667. le 24. Juin [top right, in rectangular panel]
Additional text:
[top right, below title, a key, A, B, to a demi-lune and lunette]. [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, 1-7, to the bastions, church and gate:] EXPLICATION, / des Lettres qui sont dans la Citadelle.
Annotations:
George III heading: Tournay 24 June 1667.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, in Schultz's or Mason’s hand?:] 65; [red chalk, red pencil, in Schultz's or Mason's hand?:] 65
George III catalogue entry:
Tournay Plan de la Ville de Tournay assiegée et prise par le Roy le 24 Juin 1667: chez Baillieu, 1708.
Subject(s)
Tournai, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°36'25"N 03°23'21"E)
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