Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665)
A naval battle off the island of Oléron: key,1625
A naval battle off the island of Oléron: key,1625
L’ARMEE NAVALE DES HVGVENOTS / REBELLES ENTIEREMENT DEFAITE PAR MONSIEVR / de Montmorancy Admiral de France, auec la descente qu’il fit faire / en l’Isle d’Oleron le 17. Septembre 1625... 1625 or later
Letterpress text printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 20.1 x 14.5 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722019.b
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665)
Master: Battle of Saint-Martin-de-Re, Ile d?Oleron, Ile de Re and La Rochelle, 1625 (Saint-Martin-de-Re, Poitou-Charentes, France) 46?12?11?N 01?22?02?W; (Ile d?Oleron, Poitou-Charentes, France) 45?56 1625 or later
Detailed object viewer
Accompanying text to the view at RCIN 722019.a.
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Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [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.
N. Du Carlo (active 1625) (engraver) [Following title:] Deßigné par DV CARLO Ingenieur & Geographe ordinaire du Roy
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Watermark: Text: the letters B V inside a bunch of grapes. Mount: none.
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20.1 x 14.5 cm (image and sheet)
35.1 x 26.5 cm (mount)
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Printed title:
L’ARMEE NAVALE DES HVGVENOTS / REBELLES ENTIEREMENT DEFAITE PAR MONSIEVR / de Montmorancy Admiral de France, auec la descente qu’il fit faire / en l’Isle d’Oleron le 17. Septembre 1625. / TROISIESME IOVRNEE.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement off the Island of Ré &c 17 Sep. 1625.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, red pencil:] 1/145-2.
George III catalogue entry:
Ré L’Armée Navale des Huguenots Rebelles entierement defaite par l’Admiral de Montmorancy avec la descente qu’il fit faire en l’Isle d’Oleron le 17 Sept.re 1625: par Ducarlo Ing.r chez Tavernier. 4 feuilles.
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From the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio’s grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom purchased by George III in 1762
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Subject(s)
Île d’Oléron, Poitou-Charentes, France (45°56ʹ00ʺN 01°18ʹ00ʺW)
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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. 2857
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