[Six plates of the Siege of Barcelona.] Twelve of the most remarkable Sieges and Battles in Europe.1. Views, representing the most considerable Transactions in the Siege of a Place. Opening the Trenches. [&] 2. Of making Sallies and the method of repulsing them. [&] 3. [&] 4. An Attack of two Bastions, at Breaches made by springing Mines. [&] 5. A General Assault. [&] 6. The Place taken by Storm and Plunder'd.
Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1775.]
Album of six numbered engravings, each c. 170 x 275mm (6¾ x 10¾"), trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, stitched with silk. Ink ownership inscription 'John Wolley' on album paper of first plate.
The complete run of six plates illustrating the Siege of Barcelona (14 September - 19 October 1705, during the War of the Spanish Succession, in which an Allied army, led by Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (1658 - 1735), captured the city of Barcelona from its Franco-Spanish defenders. The plates were published as the first six in the 'Twelve of the most remarkable sieges' series; the other six were of named actions elsewhere in Europe (except for one plate of Louisbourg in Canada). Often booklets like this were done for the entertainment of officers serving abroad.
[Ref: 49779] £600.00
Album of six numbered engravings, each c. 170 x 275mm (6¾ x 10¾"), trimmed to plate and laid on album paper, stitched with silk. Ink ownership inscription 'John Wolley' on album paper of first plate.
The complete run of six plates illustrating the Siege of Barcelona (14 September - 19 October 1705, during the War of the Spanish Succession, in which an Allied army, led by Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (1658 - 1735), captured the city of Barcelona from its Franco-Spanish defenders. The plates were published as the first six in the 'Twelve of the most remarkable sieges' series; the other six were of named actions elsewhere in Europe (except for one plate of Louisbourg in Canada). Often booklets like this were done for the entertainment of officers serving abroad.
[Ref: 49779] £600.00