Téâtre de la Guerre sur le Rhein, Moessele, Mayn & le Necker, sur les memoires du Sr Sanson.
Mortier, Pierre1661-1711/12
Sanson, Guillaume1633-1703
Huyberts, K.
Amsterdam : chez Pierre Mortier,
[1720].
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour. Fortified cities in red.
Avec Privilegie.
Title cartouche on the top left hand corner, in engraving with two soldiers, one with trumpet, other with drum. Puttis with helmet. Two allegorical figures : a woman with a batting paddle and the Rhine with his urn of running water. Signed : K.Huyberts in. et f.
Title cartouche on the top right hand corner in engraving with crest. Double-headed eagle with swords. Two puttis, one with trumpet, other with drum. A city in flames in the background, a soldier in Roman armour with a torch, women and child cowering before him. Ornated jug.
Seven scale indicators : "Grandes Lieues d'Allemagne 3"[=7.1 cm], "Milles Pas Geometriques ou Milles d'Italie 15" [= 6.7 cm], "Lieues communes de France 6" [= 6.3 cm], "Grand'Lieu de France ou Lieües communes de Pologne 5"[=6.7 cm], "Grandes Lieues de Pologne 3"[=5.3 cm], "Lieües de Hongrie 2"[= 5.3 cm], "Lieues d'une heure de chemin 5"[=6.7 cm]. The eighth and possibly ninth ones are in a missing part of this corner.
North up. Marginal grid. Gridlines. Lines and columns lettered. Cardinal indications : Septentrion, Midy, Occident, Orient. Longitude from Ferro island.
Dated fromt he atlas in which the map was issued.
Missing parts in the top left hand corner : margin scales.
Handwritten in ink : 20th, N°20th