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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

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Valenza, 1635 (Valenza, Piedmont, Italy) 45°00ʹ44ʺN 08°38ʹ37ʺE

1639 or later

Letterpress text printed on four pieces of paper, mounted on one sheet of paper (mount cropped, Type A) | 37.0 x 6.9 cm (image and sheet of first column) | RCIN 722098.b

Letterpress text accompanying the map of the siege of Valenza, 1636, at RCIN 722098.a. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).

See also RCIN 722098.c.

  • Anonymous (printmaker)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
    Army-Spain
  • Watermark: Text: none. Mount: cropped: shield with kneeling man holding a cross.

    Condition: no fold lines

  • 37.0 x 6.9 cm (image and sheet of first column)

    37.1 x 7.0 cm (image and sheet of second column)

    37.0 x 7.0 cm (image and sheet of third column)

    37.1 x 6.9 cm (image and sheet of fourth column)

    37.6 x 35.7 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    None

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Valenza 1635

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Valenza A Plan of the Siege of Valenza by Marshal Crequi and the Duke of Parma in Sept.r and Oct.r 1635: by Fran. Prestino Ing.r engraved by Bassano.

  • Subject(s)

    Valenza, Piedmont, Italy (45°00ʹ44ʺN 08°38ʹ37ʺE)

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  • 23 May 2024