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Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)

Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718

NICOLAS DE FER (1646-1720)

Belgrade, 1717

LES ENVIRONS DE BELGRADE / Ou les Marches et les Campemens des / Imperiaux et des Turcs sont marquez

published 1717

Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:254,000 approx. | RCIN 727010

A map of Belgrade and environs, showing the siege of the city, 26 July-17 August 1717, by the Imperial (Habsburg) army, commanded by Prince Eugène of Savoy (1663-1736), surrendered by the Turks, commanded by Halil Pasha and Mustafa Pasha. Austro-Turkish War (1716-18). Oriented with north to top (compass rose).

The map extends from Illok (Ilok, Croatia 45°13ʹ20ʺN 19°22ʹ37ʺE) in the north-west to Coulits (possibly Kostolac, Central Serbia 44°42ʹ49ʺN 21°10ʹ09ʺE) in the east. The march routes of the Imperial army, and the route taken by the Imperial navy on the Danube, are marked, as well as the Imperial and Turkish camps and Imperial lines of circumvallation.

Additional text: [bottom left:] Cette Carte a été Levée sur les / Lieux d l’Ordre des Grands Visirs / Elmas Mehemet Pacha, et Hussein / Pacha, Par M.r de Massard Ingenieur, / qui en 1696. 1697. et 1698. Dressa / la Carte des Frontieres de l’Empire / Ottoman vers la Hongrie.

Condition: one fold line; much creased. Verso: surface dirt; a stain and some ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label removed; brown stains and some foxing.
  • Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) (publisher) [top right, following on from title:] Dressez sur les Memoires de M.r Massard / Ingenieur, Par N. de Fer, Geographe / de sa Majesté Catolique / A PARIS / Dans l’Isle du Palais sur le / Quay de l’Orloge a la Sphere / Royale 1717.

    Massard (active 1696-1717) (surveyor)

  • Watermark: Maltese cross in rosary (see Churchill 514); countermark: the letters G and M separated by a heart in an oval cartouche with a crown outside the cartouche, above the heart

    Condition: one fold line; much creased. Verso: surface dirt; a stain and some ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label removed; brown stains and some foxing

  • Scale: 1:254,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle Deux heures de Chemin [38 mm = 2].

    35.6 x 47.8 cm (neatline)

    36.6 x 48.5 cm (image)

    36.8 x 49.0 cm (platemark)

    43.5 x 55.9 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    LES ENVIRONS DE BELGRADE / Ou les Marches et les Campemens des / Imperiaux et des Turcs sont marquez. [top right]

    Additional text:

    [bottom left:] Cette Carte a été Levée sur les / Lieux d l’Ordre des Grands Visirs / Elmas Mehemet Pacha, et Hussein / Pacha, Par M.r de Massard Ingenieur, / qui en 1696. 1697. et 1698. Dressa / la Carte des Frontieres de l’Empire / Ottoman vers la Hongrie.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Belgrade beseiged by the Imperialists under Prince Eugene the 26 July and taken the 17 August 1717.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, mostly erased:] 16 August 1717 [taken] Prince Eugene (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1717; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 32; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 144; [left, black pencil:] an immature drawing of part of a building, the lower half of which has been cut off.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Belgrade Les Environs de Belgrade (assiegée par les Imperiaux sous le Prince Eugene le 26 Juillet et prise le 17 Aoust 1717) où les Marches et les Campemens des Imperiaux sont marqués dressé sur les memoires de M. Massard Ing.r par N. de Fer 1717.

  • Subject(s)

    Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia (44°48'14"N 20°27'54"E)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024