View of Île Sainte-Marguerite and Île Saint-Honorat, 1635 (Île Sainte-Marguerite, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azure, France) 43°31ʹ08ʺN 07°03ʹ04ʺE; (Île Saint-Honorat, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azure, France)

Onophrio Antonio Gisolfo (active 1636) (draughtsman) [bottom left, following on from title:] POR / Onophrio Antonio Gisolfo Ingeniero del Reino de Naps / y de las Islas de S.^ta Margarita v S. Onorato Por Su Mag.^o

Subject(s)

Watermark: Print: fleur-de-lys in circle, six-pointed star above. Mount: none.

Condition: five fold lines; originally folded to 10.5 x 7.0 cm; brown discolouration; foxing and surface dirt to both sides of the mount. Verso: surface dirt on outer fold lines. This map was formerly folded in half and there is offsetting, on the recto, from the folded image. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

37.1 x 34.9 cm (neatline)

37.1 x 48.6 cm (image and sheet)

cropped (platemark)

40.8 x 52.5 cm (mount)

Printed title:

Deciembre 1636. / Disposicion de esquadrones y Battalla Representada por el M’re / de campo u Gouernador D.ⁿ Miguel Peres de Xea en las yslas de S. Mar / garita y S.^to Onorato con su guarnicion y press.^o ala armada del Rey / de Francia q’en gruesso de 70 Baieles 12 Galeras 6 Bettolas 200 Tartan / 70 Aliegas 400 Barcas 200 Mainas y un castillo portatil de madera Sa / sitio ataco y Intento el decenbarco con 756 Velas y de mas aprestos referiod [bottom left, in plain cartouche]

Dedication:

[bottom left, in title cartouche:] DEDICADA / A Don Miguel Pere de Xea Cauallero del auito de N'ra / Senora de Montesa y Sanforxe de alfama M're de campo de un Ter: / cio de Infanteria Espanola y Gouernador de la yslas de S.^t Mar / garita y S.^o Onorato en Francia Por Su Mag

Additional text:

[down left side of view, a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z, 2-21, continued down right side of view, 22-53.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Islands of S.^t Marguerite and S.^t Honorat December 1636.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Marguerite, S.^te Disposicion de Esquadrones y Battalla representada por Don Miguel Peres de Xea en las Yslas de S. Margarita y S. Onorato con su guanicion y press.^o ala Armata del Rey de Francia, Dec.^re 1636: por O.A. Gisolfo Ing.^ro.

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. 3004