Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Wesel, 1629 (Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°40'00"N 06°37'00"E
published 1629Letterpress text; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 31.9 x 37.7 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722048.b
Accompanying text to the view of Wesel at RCIN 722048.a. This text gives an account of the history of Wesel since 1614 and of the action which took place on 19 August 1629 and includes a list of prisoners: ‘ROOLLE DES PRISONNIERS PRINS DANS LA / VILLE DE VVEZEL, AVEC LEVRS NOMS ET QVALITEZ.’. It is noted that although the town was well fortified, it was badly guarded and that, in particular, the Dutch had been informed that an unrepaired breach in the walls allowed easy access to the town. Leaving during the night of the 18th August, the Dutch took the town the following day.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [along 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.
Subject(s)
Army-NetherlandsWatermark: Bunch of grapes
Condition: some brown discolouration; one fold line to mount; no gilt edges; pressure marks from the mounts of item(s) which were kept below this map in a different collection are present on the verso
31.9 x 37.7 cm (image and sheet)
37.2 x 42.7 cm (mount)
Printed title:
PLAN AV VRAY DE LA VILLE DE VVEZEL, AVEC LA RELATION / de ce qui s’est passé à la prise d’icelle par les Hollandois le 29. Aoust 1620.
Annotations:
George III heading: Wesel 1629.
Other annotations: (Recto) the date has been corrected in red ink from 29 to 19 August; the word ‘mille’ in the left column of text has has been struck out and corrected, in brown ink [dal Pozzo?] to ‘cent’. (Verso) [left of centre, black pencil, erased:] II/[?]; [left of centre, red pencil:] 1/173; [top right, black pencil:] AA.
George III catalogue entry:
Wesel Plan de la Ville de Wesel prise par les Hollandois le 19 Aoust 1629; avec une Relation, chez Tavernier, 1629.
Subject(s)
Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°40'00"N 06°37'00"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. 2912
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25 May 2024
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