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C1729
Arras, Capitale d’Artois.
Artist:
Fabulous C18th engraving of the ancient French town of Arras, located in Northern France at the confluence of the Scarpe river and the Crinchon River. The scene is with an elaborate engraved framed border design. During World War I, the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Arras, Capitale d’Artois.
Date:
C1729
Artist:
Condition:
Minor splitting to ends of fold, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
410mm
x 335mm
Paper Size:
463mm
x 366mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1729
Description:
Fabulous C18th engraving of the ancient French town of Arras, located in Northern France at the confluence of the Scarpe river and the Crinchon River. The scene is with an elaborate engraved framed border design.
During World War I, the Battle of Arras, also known as the ‘Arras Offensive’, was fought from 9 April to 17 May 1917. The Allied plan for 1917 was for a major French offensive on the Western Front on the Aisne river, 120km south-east of Arras, to begin in mid April. The British agreed to launch an attack at Arras a week earlier to draw German reserves away from the French attack. The Battle of Arras began on an 18km front from Vimy ridge in the north to Neuville-Vitasse in the south. When it ended on 17 May, the British had advanced up to 10km eastwards. The offensive was hailed as a success, although the larger French offensive was a failure. Twice during the Battle of Arras, Australians attacked near the town of Bullecourt, on the southern flank of the main advance and 12km south-east of the city of Arras.
Pierre Vander Aa (1659 - 1733)
Dutch publisher, bookseller, engraver and mapmaker active in Leiden during the late c.17th and early c.18th centuries. Born in Leiden, the son of the bookseller Boudewijn van der Aa, hr entered the book trade at an early age, establishing himself as an independent publisher by the 1680s. From his premises on the Rapenburg canal he developed one of the most prolific publishing houses in the Dutch Republic. Van der Aa is best known for his ambitious compilations of travel literature, voyages, and geographical works, many of them lavishly illustrated with engraved maps and plates. Among his most significant enterprises were important collections of voyages to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, including the Galerie agréable du monde (1728–1733), a vast illustrated compendium of global travel accounts. He also issued numerous atlases, town views, and regional maps, many distinguished by clear engraving and elaborate baroque ornament. Operating at a time when the Dutch book trade was highly competitive, van der Aa demonstrated commercial ingenuity. He capitalised on the public appetite for overseas exploration, colonial expansion, and ethnographic curiosity. Van der Aa remained active in Leiden until his death in 1733. His publishing house continued briefly under his heirs.
