1856 Capt Delafield Large Antique Schematics Forts City of Lyons, France Balkans and another three million dead

and another three million dead in battle

The first mention of the name Weißenburg is in a deed dating from 867

At some point Jean Denis held the post of Royal Librarian of France and it was through is associations with d'Anville that the d'Anville collection of nearly 9000 maps was acquired by French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

demolished 1895–96

most of them Germanic but also some Celtic

1856 Capt Delafield Large Antique Schematics Forts City of Lyons, France Balkans and another three million deadTitle : Detached Forts about the City of Lyons Date : 1856 Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Ref: 90123 Size: 29in x 20in (735mm x 515mm) Description: This large original lithograph print, schematics of various forts in and around the French city of Lyons during the time of the Crimean War and just prior to the American Civil War was engraved by John T Bowen & co. of Philadelphia and was published in the 1856 edition of Captain Richard Delafields