Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Siege of Breisach, 1638
PLAN DE LA VILLE / DE BRISAC, ASSIEGEE PAR / les Armes de sa Majesté, sous la conduite du / Duc Bernard de Saxe Vveimar
published 1638Letterpress text on three pieces of paper, joined to form one column of text; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 47.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722121.b
This text gives the key, A-I, L-T, V, to the features on the view at RCIN 722121.a.
Formerly folded inside a rough buff paper folder, still present in the collection, on which is written, in black pencil and red ink, the George III heading and, in black pencil: a & b [19] ’86 CMB.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom of text:] A PARIS, / Chez MELCHIOR TAVERNIER, Graueur & Imprimeur du / Roy pour les Cartes Topographicques, Marines, & Tailles- / douces, demeurant en l’Isle du Palais sur le Quay qui / regarde la Megisserie, à la Sphere Royale. / M. DC. XXXVIII.
Watermark: Text: bunch of grapes. Mount: none.
Condition: one fold line to text and mount, both are the same fold; traces of green paint to part of the right edge of the mount; some surface dirt to the edges of the mount front and back. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
47.1 x 15.8 cm (sheet)
54.6 x 40.2 cm (mount)
Printed title:
PLAN DE LA VILLE / DE BRISAC, ASSIEGEE PAR / les Armes de sa Majesté, sous la conduite du / Duc Bernard de Saxe Vveimar.
Annotations:
George III heading: Brisach 1638.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, under old heading number, erased and almost illegible: another number]; [bottom right, black pencil, indistinct, offset from verso of RCIN 722121.a?:] B[e]ion. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] II/11[5]b; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1638.
George III catalogue entry:
Brisach Plan de la Ville de Brisac assiegée par les Armes de Sa Majesté sous la conduite du Duc Bernard de Saxe Weimar en 1638: chez Tavernier, 1638.
Subject(s)
Breisach am Rhein, [Vieux-Brisach] Baden-Württemburg, Germany (48°01'58"N 07°34'58"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. 3024
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
