The British attack on Majorca in 1706

DECKER, Paul.

La Sommissione di Maiorca Isola Balearica nel Mare Meditterano...
Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, c.1720. Etching, 470 x 375mm.

A few repaired tears in margins, one just entering the printed area on the left-hand side.

A scarce publication, showing the attack on Majorca by Admiral John Leake in September 1706, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), in which England gained both Gibraltar and Minorca. The central scene is surrounded by a rococo border with an inset map of the island and an Italian text description printed from a separate plate.
This plate was etched by Johann August Corvinus after a painting by Paul Decker, and was published by Wolff in 'Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...', a history of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Italian text title is separately printed so the same plate could be issued in different languages.


Stock ID : 18683