Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Battle of Bílá Hora and Prague, 1620 (Bílá Hora, near Prague, Czech Republic) 50°05ʹ00ʺN 14°20ʹ00ʺE; (Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E
1620 or laterLetterpress text, probably originally printed in four columns side by side, now cut into four, and joined in one vertical column | 42.0 x 15.7 cm (sheet) | RCIN 721141.d
Explanatory letterpress text to RCIN 721141.c. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Subject(s)
Army-BohemiaArmy-BavarianWatermark: None
Condition: no fold lines; no gilt edges
42.0 x 15.7 cm (sheet)
42.6 x 19.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
[No title; text begins:] CVm, vt in prima topographiæ tabula demonstratum / est, hostis ex eminenti loco pulsus se in alium eminenti- / orem ad vallum recepisset, ibique aciem …
Additional text:
[following on from text, a key, A-I, K, to the disposition of the troops and a further key, 1-57, to the named regiments, or commanders of regiments of the Imperial and Bavarian armies, or general identification of troops and some points of note:] Legionum Cohortium & turmarum du- / ctores, Tribuni & Praefecti.
Annotations:
George III heading: Prague Nov.r 1620.
Other annotaitons: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Prague Delineationes Aciei et Pugnæ ad Pragam Factæ 7 Novembris 1620, tabulis quatuor expressæ: per Raph. Sadeler: cum Descriptionibus.
Subject(s)
Bílá Hora, near Prague, Czech Republic (50°05ʹ00ʺN 14°20ʹ00ʺE)
Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
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. 2826
Page revisions
3 November 2024
Current version