Siege of Tokay, 1565

Tochai, fortezza nei confini di Tran: / siluania, et Ongheria, come al pnte [= presente] / si troua assediato dal campo del Re, / Ioanne secondo, eletto d'Ongheria / l'anno i566

Domenico Zenoi (active 1560-80) (engraver) [top right, bottom right of title panel:] Dncō. Zenoi. [a line is engraved over the ‘n’ and ‘c’ of Domenico.]

Watermark: none visible

Condition: no fold lines; an impression from the mount of an item which was kept above and this map/print in a former sequence is present on the recto

14.3 x 19.9 cm (image, neatline and sheet)

cropped (platemark)

21.1 x 24.3 cm (mount)

Printed title:

Tochai, fortezza nei confini di Tran: / siluania, et Ongheria, come al pnte [= presente] / si troua assediato dal campo del Re, / Ioanne sec^ondo, eletto d'Ongheria / l'anno i566. [top right, in rectangular panel]

Annotations:

George III heading: The Siege of Tokay by John Sigismund, Prince of Transylvania, in the wars between him and the Emp. Maximilian 1566.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom margin, traces of the old heading.] (Verso) none.

George III catalogue entry:

Tokay Tochai come al presente si trova assediato dal Campo del Re Joanne Secondo eletto d’Ongheria l’anno 1566: da D. Zenoi.

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. 2691