Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Battle of Bílá Hora and Prague, 1620
1620 or laterLetterpress text, probably originally printed in four columns side by side, now cut into four, and joined in one vertical column; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 32.2 x 14.4 cm (sheet) | RCIN 721141.b
Explanatory letterpress text to RCIN 721141.a. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: Cropped
Condition: one fold line in mount; no gilt edges
32.2 x 14.4 cm (sheet)
42.4 x 25.8 cm (mount)
Printed title:
[No title; text begins:] CVM VII. Nouembris, anno post Chri- / stum natum M.DC.XX. sub vespera Cæ- / sarianus & Boiaricus miles intra Rackoni- / zam & Pragam … [with key, A-I.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Prague Nov.r 1620.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Prague Delineationes Aciei et Pugnæ ad Pragam Factæ 7 Novembris 1620, tabulis quatuor expressæ: per Raph. Sadeler: cum Descriptionibus.
Subject(s)
Bílá Hora, near Prague, Czech Republic (50°05ʹ00ʺN 14°20ʹ00ʺE)
Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"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. 2824
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version