Siege of Schenkenschanz, 1635 (Schenkenschanz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°50ʹ09ʺN 06°06ʹ37ʺE

1635 or later

Letterpress text on three pieces of paper, joined to form one column of text; not mounted | 44.2 x 8.4 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722093.d

Letterpress text accompanying the map of the siege of Schenkenschanz, 1635, at RCIN 722093.a. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).

See also RCINs 722093.b-c, e.

Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of RCIN 722093.e:] t’ AMSTELREDAM, By Claes Jansz. Visscher.

Subject(s)

Army-Netherlands

Army-Spain

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)
Watermark: None visible

Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration
44.2 x 8.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:

None

Annotations:

George III heading: Schenken-schantz 1635

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) each of the twelve pieces of paper is numbered separately in ink [contemporary with Cassiano dal Pozzo?] from 1 to 12. [See also RCINs 722093.b-c, e-f]

George III catalogue entry:

Schenken-schantz Carte de la situation du Fort de Schenck et des nouveaux Forts qui sont aux Environs, avec l’Assiegement par le Prince d’Orange en 1635: par I.I. Schort Ing.^r 1635. 2 feuilles: avec une Vue du Fort par C.I. Visscher, et un Journal du Siege.
Subject(s)
Schenkenschanz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°50ʹ09ʺN 06°06ʹ37ʺE)
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. 2977