1695 - Old plan of the town of Philippeville in Belgium
engraving intaglio from 1695, by Nicolas de Fer, representing an old plan of the town of Philippeville in Belgium. With precise detail of the fortifications (Unlike the city itself) and some geographical elements of the surrounding area. The obvious purpose of the engraving is to illustrate the means of defense in place from an architectural point of view. Beautiful appearance and very decorative. Authentic.
Dimensions: 28 x 36 cm
Please look at the photos carefully because not everything can be described (You are buying a work that is several centuries old). Some foxing and some defects on the periphery of the leaf. With some handwritten inscriptions in the margins. A fairly marked stain.
Philippeville is a French-speaking town in Belgium located in the Walloon region, in the province of Namur. The creation of the fortified city took place during the 15th and 16th centuries in a period of confrontation between the Kingdom of France and the Dukes of Burgundy which continued when the Burgundian territories passed to the House of Habsburg at the end of the 15th century. century following the marriage of Marie de Bourgogne, daughter of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, with Maximilian I of the House of Habsburg. At this same time, the War of the Burgundian Succession at the end of the 15th century led to the loss of Picardy for the Burgundian Netherlands with a shift of the border northwards to the border with Artois which remained Burgundian.
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