Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Siege of Hondarribia, 1638
Plan au Vray de Fontarabie et des Lieux Circonuoisins et de Lordre / du Siege Par L’Armee de Sa Majeste Soubs La Conduite de Mr Le Prince
1638 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; guarded into a volume | Scale: 1:14,500 approx. | RCIN 722039.m
A high oblique view of the siege of Spanish Fuentarrabía, June-September 1638, by the French army, commanded by Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1 September 1588-26 December 1646) and Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon (1592-25 July 1661) resulting in the defeat on 9 September 1628 of the French by a Spanish relief army under Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera, 9th Admiral of Castile (3 March 1599-6 February 1647). Thirty Years War (1618-48) and Franco-Spanish War (1635-59). Oriented with west-south-west to top (compass rose).
The key refers to La Valette as 'Mr le Duc'; Valette did not become Duke until 1642, on the death in that year of his father. The publication date of this print may, therefore, be 1642 or later.
This is one of an untitled volume of fifteen prints and maps of the campaigns of Louis XIII between 1629 and 1640. See Main entry for RCIN 722039.
Another example of this print is at RCIN 722113.
? Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher)
Watermark: Large coat of arms
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt and slight foxing to both sides. Verso: some offsetting
Scale: 1:14,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 500 Thoisses [sic] [67 mm =].
36.1 x 49.2 cm (image and neatline)
37.3 x 50.2 cm (platemark)
45.4 x 60.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Plan au Vray de Fontarabie et des Lieux Circonuoisins et de Lordre / du Siege Par L’Armee de Sa Majeste Soubs La Conduite de Mr Le Prince [top centre]
Inset:
[top right, in irregularly shaped panel, a high oblique view , in outline, of the fortified wall of Hondarribia:] Plan de Fontarabie Scale: 1:3,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 50 Thoises [32 mm =]. Size: 11.7 x 14.1 cm (neatline).
Additional text:
[left, a key, A-I, K-N, to the town, locations of the quarters of the Prince de Condé and the duc de la Vallette, and the named French regiments and the positions of the mortars and batteries.]
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)
Hondarribia [Fontarabie, Fuenterrabía], Basque Country, Spain (43°22ʹ07ʺN 01°47ʹ46ʺW)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Dunlop, Memoirs of Spain during the reigns of Philip IV. and Charles II. from 1621 to 1700, 1, Edinburgh 1834, pp. 201-204
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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