Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Siege of Privas, 1629
PLAN / de la Ville de PRIVAS auec / les fortifications dicelle Assiegee par le / Roy le 14.me de May 1629 et Rendue en / son obeisance le 26.me
1629 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; guarded into a volume | 37.0 x 54.3 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 722039.j
A view of the siege, from 14 to 28 May 1629, of Huguenot-held Privas, commanded by Henri, duc de Rohan (21 August 1579-13 April 1638), by the French Royal army, under Louis XIII (27 September 1601-14 May 1643) and Henri de Schomberg (1575-17 November 1632), resulting in the capitulation of the town on 28 May. Huguenot Rebellions or Rohan Wars (1627-9). Oriented with west-south-west to top.
Another example of this print is at RCIN 722045. A loose copy of this view, on a slightly reduced scale, lacking any lettering, follows p.63 of the third part of Les Triomphes de Louis le Juste, XIII (1649).
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; surface dirt and some foxing to both sides; top centre, a prominent brown stain, perhaps from a now absent bookmarker, which has penetrated to the verso and to the folio in front and behind
37.0 x 54.3 cm (image and neatline)
37.6 x 54.8 cm (platemark)
45.5 x 60.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de la Ville de PRIVAS auec / les fortifications dicelle Assiegee par le / Roy le 14.me de May 1629 et Rendue en / son obeisance le 26.me [bottom left, in a cartouche representing a banner]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-O, to the town, batteries and named regiments of the French Royal army.]
Annotations:
George III 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)
Privas [Privaz], Rhône-Alpes, France (44°44ʹ00ʺN 04°36ʹ00ʺE)
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