Antique Frontispiece of 'Histoire Militaire de Flandre' by Tardieu (1756)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Histoire Militaire de Flandre depuis l'Annee 1690. jusqu'en 1694 (…)' - Frontispiece from 'Histoire Militaire de Flandre depuis l'Annee 1690. jusqu'en 1694 ..' by Chevalier de Beaurain.

This decorative print originates from: 'Histoire Militaire de Flandre depuis l'Annee 1690. jusqu'en 1694 ...' (transl.: Military history of Flanders from 1690-1694.), by le Chevalier de Beaurain 1756) This is an important historical source concerning the 'Nine Years' War' (1688-97). This war is often called the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Palatine Succession, or the War of the League of Augsburg - was a major war of the late 17th century fought between King Louis XIV of France, and a European-wide coalition, the Grand Alliance, led by the Anglo-Dutch Stadtholder-King William III, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, King Charles II of Spain, Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, and the major and minor princes of the Holy Roman Empire.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'J. Tardieu' after an anonymous artist. Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771), was a French Geographer and Royal Geographer to King Louis XV. He published a 14-volume atlas (Atlas de géographie ancienne et moderne.) and this work originally published in 1756. His son Jean-Baptiste Jacques de Beaurain (1728-unknown) continued his work on military history and finished some of his works. This plate is engraved by J. Tardieu after C. Eisen.