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 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629
DESCRIPTION ET PLAN VERITABLE DV SIEGE DE LA VILLE DE / Bolduc, assiegee par Messieurs les Estats, sous la conduite du Prince d’Orange, commancé le premier iour de May 1629
published 1629Letterpress text; printed on paper; laid down on paper then mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 33.8 x 42.4 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722042.b
Printed sheet of text accompanying the view of the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629, at RCIN 722042.a. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648).
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom right:] 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 common to print and mount; text torn and repaired by being laid down on paper before being mounted; offsetting from the ink framing lines from a smaller mount on the verso
33.8 x 42.4 cm (image and sheet)
40.5 x 54.8 cm (mount)
Printed title:
DESCRIPTION ET PLAN VERITABLE DV SIEGE DE LA VILLE DE / Bolduc, assiegee par Messieurs les Estats, sous la conduite du Prince d’Orange, commancé le premier iour de May 1629.
Annotations:
George III heading: Bois le Duc 1629.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left of text, ink, possibly contemporary with dal Pozzo:] Ā. (Verso) [left of centre, black pencil:] II/34; [left of centre, red pencil, crossed out in black pencil:] 1/17;. [top left, black pencil:] II/34; [bottom right, black pencil, illegible].
George III catalogue entry:
Bois le Duc Plan et Siege de la Ville de Bolduc par Henry Frederic Prince d’Aurange, commencé le 1.er de May 1629: avec une Description, chez Tavernier, 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. 2892
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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