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Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, 1621
PLAN DE LA VILLE DE SAINCT / IEAN D’ANGELY, AVEC L’ASSIETTE DES / BATTERIES QVI S’Y FONT
published 1621Letterpress text; printed on paper; laid down on paper and then mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 30.2 x 37.3 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722001.b
Letterpress text to accompany the print at RCIN 722001.a. Huguenot Rebellions or Rohan Wars (1621-2).
An example of this text with the decorative printed border intact is at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [across bottom of text:] A PARIS, Chez MELCHIOR TAVERNIER, Marchand & Graueur du Roy, pour les Tailles douces, demeurant / sur le Pont Nostre Dame, à l’Enseigne du Franc Gaulois. M.DC.XXI.
Watermark: A bunch of grapes
Condition: four fold lines; the printed decorative border has been cut off; very worn; piece missing in centre; repaired by being laid down on paper before mounting. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above print in a different collection are present on the recto.
30.2 x 37.3 cm (sheet)
cropped (platemark)
36.0 x 43.4 cm (mount)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE DE SAINCT / IEAN D’ANGELY, AVEC L’ASSIETTE DES / BATTERIES QVI S’Y FONT.
Additional text:
[following on from title, a history of the town and a key, 1-17, to the gates, batteries, forts and trenches and town towers shown on the plan.]
Annotations:
George III heading S.t Jean d’Angely 1621.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Jean d’Angely, S.t Plan de la Ville de Sainct Jean d’Angely, avec l’assiette des Batteries qui s’y font: assiegée par le Roy Louis XIII et prise le 25 Juin 1621: avec une Description, chez Tavernier, 1621.
Subject(s)
Saint-Jean-d’Angély, Poitou-Charentes, France (45°57ʹ00ʺN 00°31ʹ00ʺW)
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. 2835
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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