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Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)

Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War

MELCHIOR TAVERNIER (1594-1665)

's-Hertogenbosch, 1629 ('s-Hertogenbosch [Bois-Le-Duc], North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°41'57"N 05°18'15"E

published 1629

Letterpress text; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 15.2 x 33.3 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722042.e

Printed text associated with the series of maps of 's-Hertogenbosch at RCINs 722042.c and d.

  • Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [across bottom of text:] A PARIS, Chez MELCHIOR TAVERNIER, Graueur & Imprimeur du Roy pour les Tailles douces, demeurant en l’Isle du Palais, sur le Quay qui regarde la Megisserie; à l’Espic d’Or. 1629.

  • Watermark: None visible

    Condition: one fold line to print and mount, not coincident; brown discolouration; a small ink blot to one of the bottom framing lines with a small piece missing

  • 15.2 x 33.3 cm (image and sheet)

    40.6 x 54.9 cm (mount)

  • Printed titles

    MESSIEVRS, ces iours passez nous vous auons donné le Plan de / Bolduc, auec le Camp ientier & la Relation de ce qui s’y estoit passé au mois de May … [no title, text begins]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Bois le Duc 1629.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, on mount, black pencil:] II/35-a; [left, on mount, black pencil:] II/35; [left, on mount, red pencil:] 1/171; [top left of text, ink letter and black pencil numeral, possibly contemporay with dal Pozzo:] C3; [top right, black pencil:] 1629; [top right, on mount, black pencil:] Bois le Duc.

    George III catalogue entry:

    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. 2895

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024