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| 144 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1818 |
| Plan du Combat Naval d'Algeciras |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1818 |
| LOC:8 |
| $375.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | Plan-du-Combat-Naval-d-Algeciras | A highly detailed, elegant, antique copperplate chart / map produced by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841) for Dumas' multi-volume "Precis Des Evenemens Militaires". The chart shows the positions of French, Spanish, and British ships during the battle of Algeciras set against a highly detailed hydrographic and topographic background. Careful and meticulous hachuring conveys elevation. Inset legend at bottom right explains labeled positions of ships including "le formidable vaisseaux General Francais" and "Chaloupes canonieres Espagnoles".
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Notation in upper right border: "Campagne de 1802. Tome 1.". |
| 222 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1822 |
| Plan General du Port de Boulogne |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:89 |
| $175.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | Plan-General-du-Port-de-Boulogne | Finely engraved map / plan of Boulogne harbor engraved by Ambroise Tardieu in 1822 (dated) with disposition of marine forces during the Campaign of 1803. Focus is on dozens of ships docked both in the river and in the hemispherical 'Bassin de la Flotille'. Bottom contains detailed French text keyed to locational numbers on the map; for example "Depot des Gardiens de la Chaine de Entrée". This antique copperplate engraving probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."<BR> </BR>
Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology. |
| 223 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1822 |
| SOLD--- Carte des Bouches de L'Escaut |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | SOLD------Carte-des-Bouches-de-L-Escaut | This item is SOLD. <BR> </BR>
Tardieu's engraving of Zeeland , based on an earlier work of Beautemps-Beaupre, covers the many waterways associated with the mouth of the Scheldt (Fr. Escaut) river. Key cities in the Southern Netherlands included in the map include Sluis, Middelburg, and Berg Op Zoom, and Anvers. Most larger cities are shown still fortified with the Vauban-inspired defensive walls that were needed for protection during that period. This work is probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des Evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."<BR> </BR>
Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology. |