A scarce broadsheet map of the Siege of Mahon in 1781

LOPEZ, Thomas.

Plano de la Isla de Menorca; con expresion de las disposiciones dadas para el desembarco del Exército Español del mando del Excmo. Sr. Duque de Crillón; igualmente que de las que no se pudieron executar por la contrariedad de los vientos.
Madrid, 1781. Engraved map set in Spanish letterpress, sheet 505 x 450mm.

A few small repairs, some toning of paper.

An extremely rare broadsheet map, giving the details of the Spanish attack on Menorca in 1781-2, in which they captured the island from the British.
Despite being unsigned it has been attributed to Don Tomas Lopez by Agustín Hernando of the University of Barcelona.

OCLC locates only two examples. See https://bvpb.mcu.es/en/consulta/registro.do?id=422960
Stock ID : 22638