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 the Downs, 1639
Cort ende vvaerachtigh Verhael, / Vande verwonderlicke Schip-strijdt voor-gevallen / op den 21. en 22. October 1639. tusschen de Armade vande / Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenignde Nederlanden, onder het beleydt /...
1654 or laterLetterpress text on two sheets of paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, top and right | 19.3 x 48.2 cm (sheet of top text) | RCIN 722146.b
Letterpress text with key to the view of the Battle of the Downs, 1639, at RCIN 722146.a. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
Frederick de Wit (1629/30-1706) (publisher) [bottom right of text:] t’AMSTERDAM. / Voor Frederick de Wit, woonende in de Calver-straet.
Watermark: Text: none visible. Mount: cropped: a sword with two initials in a circle.
Condition: heavy brown discolouration, tear with old repair to verso at centre of top text
19.3 x 48.2 cm (sheet of top text)
18.8 x 48.2 cm (sheet of bottom text)
40.2 x 53.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Cort ende vvaerachtigh Verhael, / Vande verwonderlicke Schip-strijdt voor-gevallen / op den 21. en 22. October 1639. tusschen de Armade vande / Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenignde Nederlanden, onder het beleydt / vanden E. Heer MARTEN HARPERSZ. TROMP, … ende DON ANTONIO d’OQUENDO …
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement in the Downs 21-22 Oct.r 1639.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Pugna Navalis qua Hispanos vicere Belgæ Fœderati in Duins Angliæ, 21 et 22 Octobris 1639: cum Descriptione, apud F. de Wit. [The same entry appears under the heading Downs.]
Subject(s)
The Downs, England (51°14ʹ00ʺN 01°26ʹ00ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. nos. 3062, 3063
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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