Olinda, 1630 (Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil) 08°00ʹ32ʺS 34°51ʹ19ʺW

c.1640

Three pieces of text, joined, and assembled in one column; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 49.9 x 11.5 cm (sheet of text column) | RCIN 722051.c

A sheet containing one column of text (in Dutch) associated with the map of Olinda at RCIN 722051.a. See RCIN 722051.b for the beginning of the text.

Workshop of Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (printmaker)

Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of text column:] t’ AMSTERDAM, / By Claes Iansz Visscher, woonende inde Kalver-straet inde Visscher.

Subject(s)

Army-Netherlands

Navy-Netherlands
Watermark: Text: none visible. Mount: none.

Condition: heavy brown discolouration. One fold line to the mount; no gilt edges; 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
49.9 x 11.5 cm (sheet of text column)

50.9 x 33.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:

Kort Verhael / Van alle 't ghepasseerde in 't / victorieus Veroveren / Der Stadt Olinda / Anders genaemt / PHARNAMBVCO. [title on RCIN 722051.b]

Annotations:

George III heading: Olinda de Pernambuco February 1630.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [on each of the three original pieces of text, ?in contemporary hand, ink, top to bottom:] E12, E13, E14.

George III catalogue entry:

Olinda de Pernambuco A Plan of the Town of Olinda de Pernambuco taken by the Dutch in February 1630: and a Map of the Northern part of Brazil: by N.J. Piscator (Visscher) 2 sheets. with Descriptions of the Siege in Dutch and French.
Subject(s)
Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil (08°00ʹ32ʺS 34°51ʹ19ʺW)
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. 2918