Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Susa, 1629
PLAN AV VRAY, TANT DE LA / prinse de la ville de Suze, que des entrees & passages / de Piedmont, deseignees par le commandement / du Roy, par le sieur de Beins Escuyer & Inge- / nieur. / Auec la Carte Topografique depuis Grenoble...
1629 or laterTwo columns of letterpress text on two pieces of paper; left column comprises two pieces of text, joined; both columns of text mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 30.0 x 16.7 cm (sheet of left column) | RCIN 722041.b
Printed sheet of text accompanying the map of Susa at RCIN 722041.a. War of the Mantuan Succession (1628-1631); part of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). See also RCINs 722041.a and c.
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher)
Watermark: On text, cropped: a cartouche with letters
Condition: each column of text has had a piece of blank paper added to the bottom to make them a uniform length; a piece of blank paper has also been inserted between the columns and pasted to the inner edge of each; the whole has then been mounted on paper; the bottom of the left column of text is torn and the missing text is supplied in manuscript; brown ink stain top right; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this text in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
30.0 x 16.7 cm (sheet of left column)
27.6 x 16.6 cm (sheet of right column)
40.8 x 54.8 cm (mount)
Printed title:
PLAN AV VRAY, TANT DE LA / prinse de la ville de Suze, que des entrees & passages / de Piedmont, deseignees par le commandement / du Roy, par le sieur de Beins Escuyer & Inge- / nieur. / Auec la Carte Topografique depuis Grenoble iusques à Suze, par laquelle on peut / voir la route qu’a tenuë l’Armée du Roy. [no title on print; title on accompanying letterpress text (RCIN 772041.c)]
Annotations:
George III heading: Suza March 1629.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 1629; [on left column of text, black pencil:] D?; [right column, black pencil:] D.2.
George III catalogue entry:
Suza Plan au vray tant de la prinse de la Ville de Suze (le 7 de Mars 1629) que des entrées et passages de Piedmont: par le S.r de Beins Ing.r ensemble la Relation de tout ce qui s’est passé depuis le depart de Sa Majesté: chez Tavernier.
Subject(s)
Susa, Piedmont, Italy (45°08ʹ12ʺN 07°03ʹ29ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. nos. 2885, 2886
Page revisions
14 March 2024
Current version
