- 3142
Dumont, Jean (d. 1726).
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- Batailles gagnées par le sérénissime prince Fr. Eugène de Savoye sur les ennemis de la foi. The Hague: Pierre Husson, 1720, folio (506 x 314mm.), [16], 132pp., title-page printed in red and black, illustration: engraved vignette on title-page, engraved portrait of Prince Eugène, 3 (of 4) engraved maps, 10 double-page engraved plates by Huchtenburg, 11 engraved head-pieces (10 of which representing battle plans), woodcut initials and tail-pieces, [cf. Lipperheide 2108], lacking one engraved map
Ibid. and Jean Rousset de Missy (1686-1762). Histoire militaire du prince Eugène de Savoye, du prince et du duc de Marlborough, et du prince de Nassau-Frise... Tome second. The Hague: Isaac van der Kloot, 1729, volume 2 only (of 3), folio (505 x 311mm.), [4], 336pp., title-page printed in red and black, 8 printed tables at pp.76, 86, 126, 240 & 274, illustration: engraved vignette on title-page, 57 engraved maps and plans (most folding or double-page), woodcut initials and tail-pieces
together 2 volumes, binding: uniform diced russia, some light spotting in both volumes, spines slightly faded
together 2 volumes, binding: uniform diced russia, some light spotting in both volumes, spines slightly faded
Catalogue Note
Huchtenburg's fine plates, conceived along the lines of those by Van der Meulen commemorating the victories of Louis XIV, represent the ten most famous victories of Prince Eugène of Savoy between 1697 and 1717. According to Lipperheide, the plates were not engraved by Huchtenburg himself, as is claimed on the title-page and in the captions. The second work is a reworking of the first and was published in three parts between 1729 and 1747.