Italy - Rome// Siege of Rome "Detailed Plan of Attacks"; Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant (1790–1872)//Charles-Ambroise Thiry (1791–1868) - Siège de Rome en 1849, par l'armée française. - 1821-1850

Original Military Map Rara 1851 – Siege of Rome (1849) "Plan Détaillé des Attaques" – Large Format

The print comes from the official atlas of the French army "Siège de Rome en 1849, par l'armée française. Journal des opérations de l'artillerie et du génie", published in Paris by Imprimerie Nationale in 1851 under the direction of General Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant.

Content and iconographic details:
• Main topographic map (Scale 1:2,000): It accurately depicts the area of military operations of the Roman Republic, including the course of the Tiber, Trastevere, the Tiber Island, Janiculum Hill, Monteverde, Villa Doria Pamphilj, Villa Corsini, Villa Valentini, and the Gianicolan Walls. The contour lines, numbered bastions, and the entire zig-zag trench network dug by the French military engineers are clearly visible.
• Lower technical section (Scales 1:500 and 1:200): Includes 14 technical figures with elevations and sections of the breaches opened by the French artillery in the walls (in particular between Bastions 6 and 7 near Porta San Pancrazio), as well as the reliefs of the barricades erected by the Roman defenders.

Technical features:
• Era: 1851 (Mid-19th century – First Italian Risorgimento)
• Technique: Copperplate engraving / lithography on period paper
• Language: French (with Roman toponyms in Italian/French)
• Condition: Very good. Paper well preserved and compact, with wide, well-defined margins. Normal original editorial creases present (the sheet being originally folded inside the atlas)