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The anonymous map “Eigentliche Delineation der Vortrefflichen Festung Lutzenburg...” depicts the siege of Luxembourg in 1684.
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A very rare and important 1684 military siege plan of the fortress of Luxembourg, finely engraved on copper by an anonymous German artist and printed to coincide with the historic capture of the city by the French army.
This extraordinary and extensively documented military map, titled in the cartouche on the right “Eigentliche Delineation der Vortrefflichen Festung Lutzenburg,” is a rare example of topical cartography produced in the German-speaking region in 1684. The plate was designed to illustrate the epic and celebrated siege conducted by the French royal army of King Louis XIV, commanded in the field by Marshal de Créquy and planned by the brilliant military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The siege culminated in the fortress’s capitulation and capture in June of that year.
The composition provides a visual account of exceptional geometric and strategic precision, mapping the rugged topography of Luxembourg City and its formidable hilltop fortress. The drawing analytically depicts the course of the approach trenches (Laufgraben), the French attacking troops’ nighttime advance, and the placement of the formidable artillery and mortar batteries. The surface is enhanced by four densely packed explanatory legends in German, arranged in the corners and along the margins. These include a detailed study of the attack on the fortified outpost of Bonne Voix at the top and the Tiergarten on the left, guiding the viewer day by day through the development of the assault up to the final breach.
The print is in excellent overall condition. Printed on fine, contemporary seventeenth-century paper with a watermark, it retains its crisp, rich ink in an elegant black-and-white format that fully reveals the dense linework and details of the fortified profiles. The sheet has the natural central fold resulting from its original use in historical chronicles or military atlases of the period, retains clean, intact margins, and is blank on the reverse. This is a highly important and rare collectible for specialists in the history of Luxembourg and Renaissance and Baroque fortifications.
The map appears to be mounted on a period sheet.
Dimensions: 33 x 42 cm
Will be shipped by courier
A very rare and important 1684 military siege plan of the fortress of Luxembourg, finely engraved on copper by an anonymous German artist and printed to coincide with the historic capture of the city by the French army.
This extraordinary and extensively documented military map, titled in the cartouche on the right “Eigentliche Delineation der Vortrefflichen Festung Lutzenburg,” is a rare example of topical cartography produced in the German-speaking region in 1684. The plate was designed to illustrate the epic and celebrated siege conducted by the French royal army of King Louis XIV, commanded in the field by Marshal de Créquy and planned by the brilliant military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. The siege culminated in the fortress’s capitulation and capture in June of that year.
The composition provides a visual account of exceptional geometric and strategic precision, mapping the rugged topography of Luxembourg City and its formidable hilltop fortress. The drawing analytically depicts the course of the approach trenches (Laufgraben), the French attacking troops’ nighttime advance, and the placement of the formidable artillery and mortar batteries. The surface is enhanced by four densely packed explanatory legends in German, arranged in the corners and along the margins. These include a detailed study of the attack on the fortified outpost of Bonne Voix at the top and the Tiergarten on the left, guiding the viewer day by day through the development of the assault up to the final breach.
The print is in excellent overall condition. Printed on fine, contemporary seventeenth-century paper with a watermark, it retains its crisp, rich ink in an elegant black-and-white format that fully reveals the dense linework and details of the fortified profiles. The sheet has the natural central fold resulting from its original use in historical chronicles or military atlases of the period, retains clean, intact margins, and is blank on the reverse. This is a highly important and rare collectible for specialists in the history of Luxembourg and Renaissance and Baroque fortifications.
The map appears to be mounted on a period sheet.
Dimensions: 33 x 42 cm
Will be shipped by courier
Details
Era
1400-1900
Country
Luxembourg
Geographical specification
Luxembourg (Lutzenburg / Lützenburg)
Map maker/publisher
Anonimo
Map/book title
Eigentliche Delineation der Vortrefflichen Festung Lutzenburg...
Period
1681-1700
Condition
Good
Additional Information
single work
Map colour
Uncoloured map
Height
33 cm
Width
42 cm
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