Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Siege of Gennep, 1641
Brieve Declaration & Description / du Camp de Son Altesse, le Prince / d’Orenge, devant la Maison de / GENNEP
published 1641Two columns of text, each comprising two pieces of text, joined, and mounted on one sheet of paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 34.4 x 12.8 cm (left column of text) | RCIN 723002.b
Letterpress text which accompanies the map at RCIN 723002.a. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
The text describes the disposition of the Dutch encampment and gives a daily account of the siege together with a recital of the terms of surrender. It is a translation of the Dutch text mentioned by Campbell (1968, no.38), with the title beginning ‘Korte verklaringe …’. An example of the full Dutch text is in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-81.500E).
Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-79) (publisher) [end of text:] En Amsterdam, chez Nicolas Ianssen Visscher, demeurant au / Calverstraet, en l’enseigne du Pescheur. l’An 1641.
Watermark: Text: cropped: five tiered crown with flower above; countermark: part of a pot? Mount: none.
Condition: small piece torn from right edge of mount; some pressure marks
34.4 x 12.8 cm (left column of text)
34.5 x 12.7 cm (right column of text)
40.0 x 54.5 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Brieve Declaration & Description / du Camp de Son Altesse, le Prince / d’Orenge, devant la Maison de / GENNEP.
Annotation:
George III heading: Gennep 8 June – 27 July 1641.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Gennep.
George III catalogue entry:
Gennep A Plan of the Siege of Gennep invested by the Prince of Orange on the 8.th of June and taken on the 27.th of July 1641: by Renaudus, 1641: published by Visscher. [with a Description]
Subject(s)
Gennep (Limburg, Netherlands) 51°41ʹ54ʺN 05°58ʹ25ʺE
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. 3086, 3087
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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