Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
La Rochelle, 1627-8
published 1628Engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top and right | 20.3 x 28.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722027
A high oblique view/map of La Rochelle, besieged by the French Catholic army, commanded by Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585-4 December 1642) and defended by Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (1580-1642), from September 1627 to the capitulation of the city on 28 October 1628. Huguenot Rebellions or Rohan Wars (1627-9). Oriented with north to top.
This print is an Italian re-engraving, reduced, of Melchior Tavernier’s view/map which is at RCIN 722026.a. See the notes to RCINs 722026.a, b.
Anonymous (engraver) [top right, below key:] Intagliata in Parigi E rintagliata / in Roma.
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
20.3 x 28.9 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
23.7 x 40.5 cm (mount)
Printed title:
None
Additional text:
[a key, 1-29 and AA-DD, to the military features on the view is top left and top right; title top left:] SEGVITA LA TAVOLA PER TROVARE LA / COSA PIV SEGNALATA NELLA PRESENTA FIGVRA.
Annotations:
George III heading: Rochelle 1628.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1628. (Verso) [top left, on mount, black pencil, erased:] Rochelle.
George III catalogue entry:
Rochelle A small Plan of the Siege of Rochelle in 1628.
Subject(s)
La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France (46°10ʹ00ʺN 01°09ʹ00ʺW)
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. 2867
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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