War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Map of the siege of Turin, 1706 (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) 45°04'13"N 07°41'12"E
published 1708Etching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:7,500 approx. | RCIN 725062
A copy of this map is one of thirty town plans by Baillieu with military details which form an untitled collection in eighteenth-century binding in the British Library, Maps 144.c.41.
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel:] ATTAQUES / DE TURIN / Par l’Armée du Roy / commandé par le Duc de / la Feuillade en 1706 le / 30 Juin [followed by a key, A-C, to the lunettes, contre-gardes [defence works covering the face of a bastion or demi-lune], and mines. Bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key 1-29, to places within the city; A-I, K-M, continued, N-T, bottom left, outside the border, to the named bastions.]
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Gaspard Baillieu (active 1696-1726) (cartographer and publisher) [bottom right, outside border:] à Paris chez le Sieur G. Baillieu ingenieur et / Geographe au Bout du Pont au change vis a vis / lorloge du Palais au Neptune Francois. [bottom centre, outside border:] Avec Privil. du Roy pour 10 ans 1708.
Watermark: Indistinct, two letters B C separated by a heart in a rounded rectangular frame
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:7,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [39 mm =] 150 Toise.
35.5 x 46.7 cm (neatline)
37.4 x 48.0 cm (image)
38.5 x 50.0 cm (platemark)
44.2 x 58.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la Ville et Citadelle / de TURIN / Capitalle de piemont residence ordinaire des / ducs de Savoye siege dun archevesque et dune / Academie situee sur la Riviere du po / Par le S.r G. Baillieu Geographe. [top left]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rectangular panel:] ATTAQUES / DE TURIN / Par l’Armée du Roy / commandé par le Duc de / la Feuillade en 1706 le / 30 Juin [followed by a key, A-C, to the lunettes, contre-gardes [defence works covering the face of a bastion or demi-lune], and mines. Bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key 1-29, to places within the city; A-I, K-M, continued, N-T, bottom left, outside the border, to the named bastions.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Turin besieged by the French from the 14.th May to the 7.th Sept.r 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1706; [right centre, red pencil:] 5.
George III catalogue entry:
Turin Plan de la Ville et Citadelle de Turin avec les Attaques de l'Armée du Roy commandée par le Duc de la Feuillade le 30 Juin 1706: par le S.r Baillieu, 1708.
Subject(s)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy (45°04'13"N 07°41'12"E)
