Subject: France, St. Omer
Period: 1705 (published)
Publication: Les Forces de l'Europe
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.4 x 9 inches
29 x 22.9 cm
Nicely engraved plan of the fortifications at St. Omer in the marshes of Artois. This was one of the fortresses built by Marechal Vauban for Louis XIV. These were designed to ensure that France's north-east border lands could never be recaptured.
References: Pollak #21, p. 40.
Condition: A