BATTLE OF VILLAVICIOSA SPAIN 1797 ZATTA ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW OF BATTLE OF VILLAVICIOSA old times rare books and maps old times rare books and maps (19538) 100% positiveSeller's other itemsSeller's other itemsContact seller US $40.00 BATTLE OF VILLAVICIOSA SPAIN 1797 ZATTA ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW Description Il Duca di Vandomo, che dopo la battaglia di Villa-Viciosa nel 1710, fa preparare a Filippo V. Re di Spagna un letto d'onore con bandiere e stendardi presi alle truppe Imperiali. = Le Duc de Vandome, qui après la bataille de Villa-Viciosa, l'année 1710, fair preparer a Philippe V. Roi d'Espagne une Couche d'honneur des touts les drapeaux et bannieres gagnées sur les Imperiaux. Description: Striking and highly detailed very interesting unusual 1797 Antonio Zatta's copper engraving showing Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme and Philip V of Spain at the time of the Battle of Villaviciosa, Spain. Engraved on copper by Pietro Antonio Novelli. The Battle of Villaviciosa (11 December 1710) was a battle between a Franco-Spanish army led by Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme and Philip V of Spain and a Habsburg-allied army commanded by Austrian Guido Starhemberg. The battle took place during the War of the Spanish Succession, one day after a Franco-Spanish victory at Brihuega against a British army under James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. Both Philip V of Spain and the Archduke Charles of Austria claimed victory, but the number of dead and wounded, the number of artillery and other weapons abandoned by the Allied army and the battle's strategic consequences for the war confirmed victory for Philip. The battle was largely determined by the Spanish dragoons commanded by the Marquis of Valdecañas and the Count of Aguilar, which far exceeded the opposing forces. The Austrian forces retreated, pursued by Spanish cavalry, and the allied army was reduced to 6,000 or 7,000 men when it reached Barcelona (one of the few places in Spain still recognizing Charles' authority) on 6 January. Date: 1797 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 40,7 x 36,1 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map uncolored. All the margins cut very shortly. Small tears restored. Sheet washed and restored. Sheet folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Cartographer: Antonio Zatta (1775-1797) was the most prominent Italian map publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. His firm, based in Venice, produced maps that mark an important transition from 18th to 19th century cartographic styles. He updates and redefines the traditional title cartouche by replacing the mythic elements common to the 17th and 18th century with more representative images. He maps also strive to keep many 18th century details, such as figural depictions on the map itself, while striving for the accuracy that a 19th century clientele demanded. His most important work is the four volume Atlante novissim published from 1775 to 1789. Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver. Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni. In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. Novelli produced altarpieces and frescoes throughout northern Italy. Some of his commissions came from Catherine the Great. He moved to Rome around 1779 where he remained for over 20 years. He later returned to Venice where he died in 1804. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1834.