Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Saint-Ambroix, La Gorce, Barjac and Salavas, 1629
St Ambroise en / Languedoc
1629 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; guarded into a volume | 20.9 x 15.4 cm (neatline of each view) | RCIN 722039.k
Four views of the strongholds of Saint-Ambroix, La Gorce, Barjac, and Savalas, all of which were taken by Louis XIII during the first half of 1629. Huguenot Rebellions or Rohan Wars (1627-9).
After he had taken Privas, Louis XIII sent his army towards la Gorce and Barjac, both of which he took and then went on to Saint Ambroix where the castle was rased and the fortifications were dismantled
Lagorce and Salavas were also taken during this period when the troops of the French Royal army were besieging the Protestant forts of the region.
The accompanying letterpress text for these maps is at RCIN 722047.b.
This is one of an untitled volume of fifteen prints and maps of the campaigns of Louis XIII between 1629 and 1640. See RCIN 722039 for the main entry.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom centre:] A Paris Chez Melchior Tauernier.
Watermark: Large coat of arms
Condition: one fold line; slight surface dirt and foxing to both sides. Verso: slight offsetting
20.9 x 15.4 cm (neatline of each view)
42.9 x 32.0 cm (platemark)
59.8 x 45.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
St Ambroise en / Languedoc [top left]
Printed title:
La Gorce en Viuaretz [top right]
Printed title:
Barjac en Viuaretz [bottom left]
Printed title:
Tour de Salauas [bottom right]
Additional text:
[each map has, top left, in a cartouche, a key to the letters on the map.]
Annotations:
Old heading: none.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
France Campagnes de Louis XIII (Les Plans des Sieges et des Batailles données en France et en Italie par le Roy Louis XIII depuis 1629 jusques a 1640) Fol.
Subject(s)
Saint-Ambroix [St Ambroise], Languedoc-Roussillon, France (44°15ʹ32ʺN 04°11ʹ54ʺE)
La Gorce, Rhône-Alpes, France (44°26ʹ56ʺN 04°25ʹ01ʺE)
Barjac, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (44°18ʹ26ʺN 04°21ʹ05ʺE)
Salavas, Rhône-Alpes, France (44°23ʹ36ʺN 04°22ʹ47ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Memoires du Duc de Rohan, Sur les choses qui sont passés en France depuis la mort de Henri le Grand jusqu'à la Paix faite avec les Réformés, au mois de Juin mil six cent vingt-neuf, 1, pt 1, Amsterdam 1706, pp. 231-2
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