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War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)

Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

T NICOLOTTI (ACTIVE 1701-07)

Battle of Toulon, 1707

CARTA della PROUENZA INFERIORE / nella quale si uedono le Marchie e Campamenti fatti / dall’ Armata Imperiale ed Aleata nell Anno 1707 / per il Bombardamento di Tolone

1707 or later

Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on paper | Scale: 1:347,000 approx. | RCIN 725097

A map of the coast of France and Italy showing the marches and camps of the Allied and French armies in 1707, and a map of the siege and Battle of Toulon, fought between 29 July and 21 August 1707 by the French and Spanish armies, commanded by Marshal René de Froulay de Tessé (1648-1725), and the Allied army (Austria, Netherlands, Duchy of Savoy, Great Britain) commanded by Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1666-1732) and Prince Eugène of Savoy (1663-1736), resulting in a French victory. War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Oriented with west to top.

Insets: [top right, in a trompe l'oeil depiction of a separate map pinned to the main map:] BOMBARDAMENTO / della Citta di TOLONE fatto da gl’Imperiale / ed Aleati l’Anno 1707. nel Mese d’Agosto. [followed by a key, A-I, L, M, to the city, gates, French trenches, camps, posts, fleet, etc., and 1-4, to the Allied camp, posts, batteries, etc.] Scale: 1:42,000 approx. Size: 25.6 x 20.2 cm (neatline).

Additional text: [bottom left, below title:] Li Numeri annessi alla rapresentatione delli Campamenti / denotano la progretione successiua dei medemi tanto nell' / andata, quanto nel ritorno, non hauendo duplicati in / alcuni luoghi li medemi Campamenti seruiti nel ritorno / per maggior chiarezza della Carta.

For further reading, see:
Mémoires et Lettres du maréchal de Tessé, contenant des anedotes et des faits historiques unconnus, sur partie des règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, 1806, vol.I, Paris and Strasbourg.

Condition: one fold line; torn along fold; cracks and tears along right edge; some foxing. Verso: a strip of paper pasted along left edge; centre of right edge [would have been bottom left of folded map] water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of of Cumberland's cipher label.
  • T. Nicolotti (active 1701-07) (draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neat line:] Nicolotti f.

  • Watermark: Map: grapes; countermark: T ♥ T in a cartouche. Backing paper: Strasburg bend and lily; countermark: HP.

    Mark, stamped: 117

    Condition: one fold line; torn along fold; cracks and tears along right edge; some foxing. Verso: a strip of paper pasted along left edge; centre of right edge [would have been bottom left of folded map] water-stained patch and ghosting from the removal of of Cumberland's cipher label

  • Scale: 1:347,000 approx. Scale bar: Miglia di Prouenza [132 mm =] 6.

    52.0 x 39.9 cm (neatline)

    52.7 x 40.7 cm (image)

    54.1 x 41.6 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    CARTA della PROUENZA INFERIORE / nella quale si uedono le Marchie e Campamenti fatti / dall’ Armata Imperiale ed Aleata nell Anno 1707 / per il Bombardamento di Tolone. [bottom left]

    Insets:

    [top right, in a trompe l'oeil depiction of a separate map pinned to the main map:] BOMBARDAMENTO / della Citta di TOLONE fatto da gl’Imperiale / ed Aleati l’Anno 1707. nel Mese d’Agosto. [followed by a key, A-I, L, M, to the city, gates, French trenches, camps, posts, fleet, etc., and 1-4, to the Allied camp, posts, batteries, etc.] Scale: 1:42,000 approx. Size: 25.6 x 20.2 cm (neatline).

    Additional text:

    [bottom left, below title:] Li Numeri annessi alla rapresentatione delli Campamenti / denotano la progretione successiua dei medemi tanto nell' / andata, quanto nel ritorno, non hauendo duplicati in / alcuni luoghi li medemi Campamenti seruiti nel ritorno / per maggior chiarezza della Carta.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Encampments in Provence and Siege of Toulon in August 1707.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 2. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased and partly legible:] VI/[?]; [centre of left edge, black pencil:] 12 [and, crossed out in black pencil:] 124; [top right, black pencil:] A.8.; [bottom right, black pencil, crossed out:] 3; [top, centre, red pencil:] 8.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampment Carta della Provenza Inferiore nella quale si vedono le Marchi e Campamenti fatti dell'Armata Imperiale ed Aleata nell' anno 1707, per il Bombardamento di Tolone: da Nicolotti. [(with a Plan of the Siege of Toulon in August 1707) drawn. [The same entry appears under the headings Provence and Toulon.]]

  • Subject(s)

    Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (43°07'00"N 05°56'00"E)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Mémoires et Lettres du maréchal de Tessécontenant des anedotes et des faits historiques unconnus, sur partie des règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, vol.I, Paris and Strasbourg 1806