Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
's-Hertogenbosch, 1629
c.1629Etching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom, and right | 16.7 x 32.0 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722042.d
See also RCIN 722042.c The letterpress text at RCIN 722042.e explains that the purpose of this ‘petite Carte Topographique du Pays’ is to show the situation of the town in the context of the principal places and routes, etc of the surrounding hinterland.
The geographical coverage extends from Dordrech [Dordrecht] in the north-west to Voeren in the north-east, and from Breda in the south-west to Bolduc (’s-Hertogenbosch) in the south-east.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher)
Watermark: Bunch of grapes; none on mount
Condition: one fold line to map and mount, not coincident. Verso: offsetting from ink framing lines from another item [not RCIN 722042.e]; brown discolouration and staining, pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
16.1 x 31.7 cm (neatline)
16.7 x 32.0 cm (sheet)
cropped (platemark)
40.8 x 54.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
None
Annotations:
George III heading: Bois le Duc 1629.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left of map, ink letter and pencil number, possible contemporary with dal Pozzo:] C1; [bottom left of map, ink, another number, cropped]; [top left, black pencil:] II/35-b.
George III catalogue:
Bois le Duc Plan de la Ville de Bolduc avec les nouveaux travaux qu’ils ont faits depuis leur assiegement, comme aussi les dernieres approches qu’ont faites les Hollandois: avec la Relation de ce qui s’y est fait jusques a present, et une petite Carte Topographique des Environs: chez Tavernier 23 Juin 1629.
Subject(s)
's-Hertogenbosch [Bois-Le-Duc], North Brabant, Netherlands (51°41'57"N 05°18'15"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2893
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14 March 2024
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