Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Siege of Breisach, 1638
1638 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper, guarded into volume | 35.8 x 46.2 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 722039.h
A low-middle oblique view of the siege of Breisach 18 August-17 December 1638 in which Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (16 August 1604-18 July 1639), joined by French forces commanded by Jean-Baptiste Guébriant (1602-17 November 1643) and Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611-27 July 1675), forced the commander of Breisach, Baron Hans Heinrich von Rheinach, to capitulate. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
This is a later state of the view at RCIN 722121.a, and includes a profile of the lines of communication and an engraved key, and additional engraved detail showing the scene at the end of the siege with the French and German armies entering the town while the triumphant commanding officers, Saxe-Weimar, Turenne and Guébriant look on from the surrounding heights. Another example of this print is at RCIN 722122.
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)
Watermark: Large coat of arms
Condition: one fold line; some surface dirt and slight foxing to both sides; wormholes to bottom margin, matching the holes in the folio above and below
35.8 x 46.2 cm (image and neatline)
36.8 x 46.1 cm (platemark)
45.4 x 60.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
None
Inset:
[top left, in cartouche:] Profil de la Ligne de / Comunication
Additional text:
[top centre, in cartouche resembling drapes, a key, A-I, L-T, V, X:] Table Pour Lintelligence des Lettres marques au present Plan
Annotations:
George III heading: none.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, brown ink:] 3.
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)
Breisach am Rhein, [Vieux-Brisach] Baden-Württemburg, Germany (48°01'58"N 07°34'58"E )
Bibliographic reference(s)
S. Leathes et al, The Cambridge Modern History, 4, Cambridge 1907, pp. 376-7
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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