Map Of The City Of Lille, Taken Circa 1708, Superbly Watercolored From Period.

-Ornamental cartridge with coat of arms. - List of battalions and squadrons at the headquarters of Lille. Plan of the city of Lille, France invested by the Haut-Allies under the command of HH Prince Eugene of Savoye on August 13 and taken on October 8, 1708. Note the unusual orientation, the north being directed towards the bottom of the map: drawn on the spot with the utmost accuracy / by Mr. Brüchman Engraved and printed in Brussels: at Eugène Henry Fricx, 1709. map; 45 x 56.5 cm BNF Richelieu Maps and Plans Reprod. Sc 87/1200.
What more can I say: map is edged, laid paper has taken on a straw color,  gouache highlights are particularly neat.
Rare object… witness to a painful period of the wars of succession.
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