Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600
TOTTEN ONPAR- / TIDIGHEN LESER. [The Gothic characters begin:] De Heeren Staten ende zijn Excellentie …
published 1616Letterpress text printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 14.9 x 44.0 cm (sheet top text) | RCIN 721102.b
Explanatory text to the view/map at RCIN 721102.a. Eight columns of letterpress text printed on four sheets of paper, joined to give two sheets of text mounted one above the other on one sheet.
The four pieces of text carry a printed number, top left: [1? cropped]; 2; 3; 4.
See RCIN 721102.c for the remainder of the text.
Floris Balthasarsz. van Berckenrode (1562/3-1616) (print seller)
Watermark: Text: both pieces: a jug with letters 'A G'. Mount: cropped: a man holding a cross?
Condition: no fold lines; some brown discolouration, some pressure marks
14.9 x 44.0 cm (sheet top text)
14.8 x 43.9 cm (sheet bottom text)
39.4 x 54.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
TOTTEN ONPAR- / TIDIGHEN LESER. [The Gothic characters begin:] De Heeren Staten ende zijn Excellentie … [in Dutch; first column and a half is printed in Roman lettering; the remainder is printed in Gothic characters]
Annotations:
George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) none
George III catalogue entry:
Nieuport A View of the Battle of Nieuport on the 2.d of July 1600, by Florentius Balthasar, published by Hondius, 1616: 2 sheets: with a Description.
Subject(s)
Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium (51°07'48"N 02°45'04"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. 2746, 2747
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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