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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 10326255, member: 14916&quot;]I recently acquired a set of nine fortification plans engraved in 1672 and signed by Fr. Collignon (François Collignon), a French engraver active in Rome.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519155[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The cities depicted are all located in the Dutch Republic (e.g., Utrecht, Coevorden, Breda, Zutphen, ’s-Hertogenbosch, etc.), and the plates are executed in a precise, military style typical of the Dutch tradition.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]519154[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly, the maps are annotated in Dutch and Latin — using terms like Roeden, Virgae, Moeras, and the Dutch/Latin names of rivers (Rhenus Fl., De Yssel Fl., etc.). Collignon most likely did not speak Dutch, so I suspect these engravings were copied from existing Dutch cartographic sources — perhaps city plans by Blaeu, Van Deventer, or De Wit?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519156[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently found a title page that likely belongs to the volume from which these maps came:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Piante delle piazze principali delle Provincie unite de’ Paesi Bassi… dedicate a Luigi XIV”, printed in Rome by Francesco Tizzoni in 1672 and engraved by Collignon. It seems to be a propaganda piece from the Franco-Dutch War (1672), celebrating Louis XIV’s supposed conquests in the Low Countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]519157[/ATTACH]</p><p>The engravings are in fragile condition and were previously mounted with tape. Thankfully, I was able to remove the tape safely.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was how the maps were framed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s what I’d love help with:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.Identifying possible Dutch sources for these engravings.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.Confirming whether this atlas is known in any institutional collections (WorldCat and Google Books shows no matches).</p><p><br /></p><p>3.Understanding the military or political context of these plates in more detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.Suggestions on how to preserve and/or digitize these items responsibly.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.Any secondary literature on Collignon’s cartographic output.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]519160[/ATTACH]</p><p>I’d be very grateful for any pointers, resources, or insights you might have. I’m not a map specialist myself — I work primarily with early printed books from the Low Countries — so any help navigating this area is most welcome!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519162[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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