A Aguia Imperial Remontada no Orbe da Lua Ottomana: ou Successos da Campanha de Sérvia neste anno de 1717 com a relaçam diaria do sitio da fortissima Praça de Belgrado, & individual noticia da gloriosa vitoria alcançada no dia 16. de Agosto do mesmo anno, do Exercito dos Turcos pelas Armas Imperiaes, Sendo Governador dellas, & Tenente General da Magestade Cesarea o Serenissimo Principe Eugenio Francisco de Saboya. Por J.F.M.M.

[MASCARENHAS, José Freire de Monterroyo].

Published by Lisbon, Na Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, 1717.

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4°, disbound, edges rouged. Woodcut monogram on title-page, headpiece and initial on p. 3, and half-page woodcut on of double-headed eagle on final page. Foldlines. Light soiling. Repairs with paper to inner margin of most pages, occasionally touching a few letters. In good condition. 72 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this account of the siege and capture of Belgrade, strategically located in Serbia at the junction of the Danube and Sava Rivers. The victory went to Austrian forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy. The narrative gives details of the Austrian and Turkish armies day by day, and a lengthy description of the final battle, on August 18, 1717, which began with an unusual night attack on the Turkish troops camped outside the city (pp. 52-69). Special mention is given to D. Manoel, Infante of Portugal, and other Portuguese volunteers serving with the Austrians.After the capture of Belgrade the Turks sued for peace, ending the Austro-Turkish War (1714-1718) and leaving Emperor Charles VI free to join Great Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic in the Quadruple Alliance against Spain. By the Peace of Passarowitz (1718), the Habsburg Empire gained Belgrade and northern Serbia, thus reaching its maximum expansion in the Balkans.Prince Eugene of Savoy was one of the leading military figures of the day, famous for decisively defeating the Ottomans at the Battle of Zenta in 1697 (he was hailed by Catholics and Protestants as ?the savior of Christendom?) and for his partnership with the Duke of Marlborough at the battles of Blenheim (1704), Oudenarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709). His reputation was consolidated by the victory at Petrovaradin and by his capture of Belgrade.Freire de Monterroyo Mascarenhas (1670-1760?), a native of Lisbon, began his studies in Portugal and extended them for 10 years, beginning in 1693, by traveling throughout Europe to study its politics and languages. Back in Portugal, he served from 1704 to 1710 as a cavalry captain in the War of the Spanish Succession. When the war ended he began to publish the Gazeta de Lisboa, of which he remained editor for more than 40 years. He also published numerous pamphlets such as this one, on current events.*** Innocêncio IV, 346. Barbosa Machado II, 855. Martins de Carvalho, Dicionário bibliográfico militar portugues (1979) II, 554. Coimbra, Miscelâneas 72, 374, 1952. Porbase locates 6 copies in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and 2 in the Arquivo Nacional. Jisc locates a single copy, at Oxford University.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Aguia Imperial Remontada no Orbe da Lua Ottomana: ou Successos da Campanha de Sérvia neste anno de 1717 com a relaçam diaria do sitio da fortissima Praça de Belgrado, & individual noticia da gloriosa vitoria alcançada no dia 16. de Agosto do mesmo anno, do Exercito dos Turcos pelas Armas Imperiaes, Sendo Governador dellas, & Tenente General da Magestade Cesarea o Serenissimo Principe Eugenio Francisco de Saboya. Por J.F.M.M.
• Publisher: Lisbon, Na Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, 1717.
• Edition: 1st Edition