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Rare plan of Fort Louis on the Rhine River, published in London by John Luffman.

The text at the bottom notes:

Fort Louis, called also the Fort of the Rhine, is situated on an Island in the River Rhine, in the province of Alsace, in France.  It was built by the celebrated engineer Vauban, by order of Louis 14, in 1688.  It is 24 Miles N.E. of Strabourg & 267 East of Paris . . . .