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New book by Karen De Coene, Carte blanche: De diplomatie van Ferraris in een Europa in omwenteling
Our member and former secretary, Karen De Coene, have just published (in Dutch) a book by Lannoo and it is about a famous cartographer: Joseph de Ferraris!
"The Europe of the long eighteenth century is rumbling and bustling. Great powers Prussia, France, Spain, Great Britain and Austria clash in successive wars, the Enlightenment makes its appearance and traditions and society are being wrestled with in the salons. Amid all this turmoil, Joseph Jean François de Ferraris (1726-1814) tried to win, and keep, his place among the Habsburg elite. He succeeds admirably. He gets into the good graces of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa and becomes a protégé of Prince Charles of Lorraine and Emperor Joseph II."
More information here.
