Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges
Isaak Major (c.1576-c.1645)
Battle of Lützen, 1632
Battle of Lützen, 1632
Delineatio utriusque exercitus tam Cælareani, quam Suetici prout constituti e rant invicem aggredientes in confli / ctu die 16. Novembris Anno 1632. penes Luzen habito cum specificatione Ducum, & Turmarum utriusque... published 1633
Letterpress text on two strips of paper, joined one above the other and mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 12.1 x 49.5 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722069.b
Accompanying letterpress text to the view of the Battle of Lützen, 1631 at RCIN 722069.a. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
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Isaak Major (c.1576-c.1645) (engraver) [bottom left of view (RCIN 722069.a):] Isaac Maior incidit.
Matthaeus Formica (d.1639) (publisher) [bottom right:] VIENNÆ AVSTRIÆ, Typis Matthei Formicæ / Anno M. DC. XXXIII.
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Watermark: Text and mount: None.
Condition: text: no fold lines; torn and creased; repaired before being mounted; no gilt edges
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12.1 x 49.5 cm (image and sheet)
14.7 x 49.5 cm (mount)
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Printed title:
Delineatio utriusque exercitus tam Cælareani, quam Suetici prout constituti e rant invicem aggredientes in confli / ctu die 16. Novembris Anno 1632. penes Luzen habito cum specificatione Ducum, & Turmarum utriusque exercitus.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lutzen 6 Nov.r 1632
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Lutzen Delineatio utriusque Excercitus tam Cæsareani quam Suetici prout constituti erant invicem aggredientes in conflictu die 6 Novembris 1632 penes Luzen habito: cum specificatione Ducum et Turmarum utriusque Exercitus: per I. Major, apud M. Formicam, 1633. 4 tab.
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From the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio’s grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom purchased by George III in 1762
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Subject(s)
Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51°15ʹ24ʺN 12°08ʹ29ʺE)
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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. 2941
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