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Other 17th-century conflicts

Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars

GIACOMO MASCARDI (C.1567-1634)

Siege of Montauban, 1621 (Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, France) 44°01ʹ00ʺN 01°21ʹ00ʺE

published 1621

Letterpress text printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 26.6 x 38.2 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722004.b

Letterpress text to accompany the view of Montauban at RCIN 722004.a.

  • Giacomo Mascardi (c.1567-1634) (publisher)

    Giuseppe de' Rossi (1560-1639) (publisher) [along bottom of text:] IN ROMA, Per Giacomo Mascardi. MDCXXI. Con licenza de’ Superiori, Ad instanza di Gioseppe de Rossi, incontro S. Tomaso in Parione.

    Subject(s)

    Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (1571-1640)
    Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, Duc de (1543-1626)
  • Watermark: Five-pointed crown with six-pointed star above

    Condition: one fold line. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept below this print in a different collection are present on the verso.

  • 26.6 x 38.2 cm (image and sheet)

    cropped (platemark)

    33.3 x 45.3 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    LA PIANTA DELLA CITTA DI MONT’ALBANO, / CON VN BREVE DISCORSO DI QVANTO E OCCORSO / SINO AL PRESENTE NELL’ASSEDIO DI ESSA.

    Dedication:

    ALL' ILL.MO ET REVER.MO SIG. / IL SIGNOR / CARD. DE SOVRDI / PADRON COLEND.MO / GIOSEPPE DE ROSSI DD. [bottom right:]

    Additional text:

    TAVOLA DELLI LVOGHI, PIAZZE, E FORTIFICATIONI DELLA CITTA / DI MONT'ALBANO NOTATI DAL NVMERO DI CIFRA.  [below title, a key, 1-63:]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Montauban 1621.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, left of centre, red pencil:] 1/128 [and, black pencil:] I/132.

    George III catalogue entry

    Montauban. La Pianta della Citta di Montalbano, con un breve discorso di quanto e occorso sino al presente nell' Assedio di essa 1621: per G. Mascardi ad instanza di G. de Rossi, 1621.

  • Subject(s)

    Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, France (44°01ʹ00ʺN 01°21ʹ00ʺE)

  • 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. 2839

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024