Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
View of the Battle of Koróni, 1685 (Koróni, [Coron] Peloponnese, Greece) 36°48ʹ00ʺN 21°57ʹ00ʺE
published 1685Etched design and letterpress text printed on one sheet of paper; the appearance of the first line of the text shows that the design was printed first, followed by the letterpress text; reverse window mounted (Mount Type B); gilt edges to top, right, and bottom of the mount | Scale: 1:22 approx. | RCIN 724034
Additional text: [bottom, below image, letterpress text giving an explanation of the design of the captured Turkish standard.]
Condition: one fold line; pressure marks are present from mounted items that were placed above and below this item in a former collection; tear to left edge.
Giovanni Battista Bussotti (active 1679-89) (publisher) [bottom, below letterpress text:] IN ROMA, Per Gio: Battista Bussotti. M.DC.LXXXV. Con Licenza de’Superiori.
Subject(s)
Army-TurkeyWatermark: A six-pointed star on a leafy base, the letter R to the left and S to the right, all within a circle. Mount: none.
Condition: one fold line; pressure marks are present from mounted items that were placed above and below this item in a former collection; tear to left edge
Scale: 1:22 approx. Scale bar: Scale di Piedi 5 Geometrici [74 mm =].
18.4 x 27.2 cm (neatline)
43.5 x 29.3 cm (image)
54.2 x 39.6 cm (mount)
44.9 x 29.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
VERO, E PVNTVAL DISSEGNO / Dello STENDARDO, e delle CODE, tolte à Turchi dall’ Armi della SERENISSIMA REPVBLICA di VENETIA li 7. Agosto 1685 / giorno di S. GAETANO sotto CORON, e posto per decreto dell’ ECCELLENTISSIMO SENATO / nel Famoso Tempio de Tolentini all’Altare del Medemo SANTO. / Con l’Aggionta della Dichiaratione de Caratteri, che vi sono, e del significato delle Code. [top, above image]
Additional text:
[bottom, below image, letterpress text giving an explanation of the design of the captured Turkish standard.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Standard taken at the Siege of Coron in August 1685.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [right, above centre fold, red pencil:] 3/123; [right, centre, black pencil:] IV/[?]-a.
George III catalogue entry:
Coron Disegno dello Standardo e delle Code tolte a Turchi dall’ Armi della Republica di Venetia li 7 Agosto 1685 sotto Coron: con l’aggionta della Dichiaratione de Caratteri che vi sono e del significato delle code: per G.B. Bussotti, 1685.
Subject(s)
Koróni, [Coron] Peloponnese, Greece (36°48ʹ00ʺN 21°57ʹ00ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3269
Page revisions
24 July 2024
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