Subject: Europe, Cities
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication: Schouwburg van den Oorlog
Color: Black & White
Size:
22.6 x 19 inches
57.4 x 48.3 cm
This rare sheet includes 9 engravings related to the War of Spanish Succession in 1716. The sheet includes maps of southeastern Scotland, Fredrikstad in Norway, the island of Corfu, and Timișoara in Romania, as well as engravings of the landing of James Francis Stuart at Peterhead, the birth of Leopold Johann of Austria, and a sea battle off the coast of Fredrikstad. A remarkable and rarely seen issue from Schenk's iconographic history of the War of Spanish Succession.
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Condition: B+
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a few small spots and a short centerfold separation at bottom that has been closed on verso with archival tape.
