The vicinity of Oudenaarde, by Pieter Husson. c. 1709
Broadsheet on the Battle of Oudenaarde in 1708, consisting of a single sheet printed with an etched plate and letterpress below: the etched plate with a ground plan of the battle and a vignette of the fight itself in the lower right; below in letterpress an account in four columns, in French and Dutch.
Pierre Husson (1678-1733)
Pierre (Pieter), a publisher in Den Haag, was a neighbour of Mrs Anna Beek, with whom he shared his interest in publishing plans of battlefields and fortifications during the War of Succession (1702-1713).
A collection of maps and plans by various authors was brought together in an atlas, to which was added the title page of Nicolas Visscher's Variae tabulae geographicae in quibus loca in orbe bello, now with the address of Pierre Husson.
Plan du Champ de Bataille, prés d'Oudenaerde l'11. Juillet 1708. - Plaen van de Bataille, by Oudenaerde, den 11 July 1708.
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Old, antique map of The vicinity of Oudenaarde, by Pieter Husson.
Title: Plan du Champ de Bataille, prés d'Oudenaerde l'11. Juillet 1708. - Plaen van de Bataille, by Oudenaerde, den 11 July 1708.
G. Schouten F.
In 's Gravenhage, by Pieter Husson, Boekverkoper, 1708.
Oriented to the northwest.
Engraver: G. Schouten.
Date of the first edition: 1708.
Date of this map: c. 1709.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 380 x 495mm (14.96 x 19.49 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original-coloured, age-toned.
Condition Rating: A.
From: Variae tabulae geographicae un quibus loca in orbe bello flagrantia conspiciuntur ut in Flandria, Brabantia, Leodiensi Tractu, Germania, Hungaria, . . . Diverses cartes de geographie, où l'in peut voir le theatre de la guerre dans tout le monde. Comme dans les pais de Flandres, de Brabant, de Liège, d'Allemagne, de Hongrie, . . . Den Haag, P. Husson, s.d. (c. 1709). (Koeman II, p. 155, Hus1)
Broadsheet on the Battle of Oudenaarde in 1708, consisting of a single sheet printed with an etched plate and letterpress below: the etched plate with a ground plan of the battle and a vignette of the fight itself in the lower right; below in letterpress an account in four columns, in French and Dutch.
Pierre Husson (1678-1733)
Pierre (Pieter), a publisher in Den Haag, was a neighbour of Mrs Anna Beek, with whom he shared his interest in publishing plans of battlefields and fortifications during the War of Succession (1702-1713).
A collection of maps and plans by various authors was brought together in an atlas, to which was added the title page of Nicolas Visscher's Variae tabulae geographicae in quibus loca in orbe bello, now with the address of Pierre Husson.