War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Siege of Douai, 1710
PLAN DE LA VILLE DE DOUAY ET DU FORT D'ESCARPE Place Forte du Comté de Flandres située sur la Riviere d'Escarpe a sept lieues / de Lille six de Tournay et a six de Cambray elle fait partie de la Chatellenie de Lille il y a...
1721 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:12,300 approx. | RCIN 726047
A medium-scale map showing in detail the fortifications and approaches of the siege works, the extent of the flooding and marshy ground; the destinations of the roads are given.
The publication date of 1721 or later is taken from the date of the formation of the firm under Johannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier on 20 November 1721 (van Egmond, p.57).
Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-F, to the trench or moat, two named towers and bastions and the three river entrances.]
Condition: one fold line. Verso: some offsetting from another copy of the same print; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label, trimmed: VOL II / 64.
Johannes Covens (1697-1774) and Cornelis Mortier (1699-1783) (publisher) [top, following on from title:] A AMSTERDAM Chez CÓVENS & MORTIER, Avec Privil.
Watermark: The letters W M
Condition: one fold line. Verso: some offsetting from another copy of the same print; bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch, shadow and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label, trimmed: VOL II / 64
Scale: 1:12,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de Cinq Cent Toises [79 mm =].
36.7 x 47.5 cm (neatline)
39.2 x 48.0 cm (image)
40.3 x 49.0 cm (platemark)
52.0 x 63.7 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE DE DOUAY ET DU FORT D'ESCARPE Place Forte du Comté de Flandres située sur la Riviere d'Escarpe a sept lieues / de Lille six de Tournay et a six de Cambray elle fait partie de la Chatellenie de Lille il y a une bonne Université. [top, outside map]
Additional text:
[bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key, A-F, to the trench or moat, two named towers and bastions and the three river entrances.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Douay 23 April - 25 June 1710.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 94.; [bottom right, ink:] B; [bottom right, underneath the ‘B’, black pencil:] 8; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, trimmed:] 84; [right centre, red pencil:] 84.
George III catalogue entry:
Douay Plan de la Ville de Douay et du Fort d'Escarpe avec les Attaques des Alliés en 1710: chez Covens et Mortier.
Subject(s)
Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (50°22'00"N 03°04'00"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. van Egmond, Covens & Mortier. A map publishing house in Amsterdam 1685-1866 Utrecht Studies in the History of Cartography 8, Houten 2009
