Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Siege of Casale Monferrato, 1630 (Casale Monferrato [Casale, Casal, Cazal], Piedmont, Italy) 45°08ʹ00ʺN 08°27ʹ09ʺE
published 1630A sheet of letterpress text mounted separately on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 37.9 x 50.6 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722054.c
One of two sheets of letterpress text to accompany the map and view of the siege of Casale Monferrato (1630) at RCIN 722054.a. War of the Mantuan Succession (1628-1631). See RCIN 722054.b for the other sheet of text.
See the notes to RCIN 722054.a.
The journal begins on 4 April 1630 and continues to the end of December, with a key to the numbers on the citadel which appear on the general map of Casale: ‘Table pour les chiffres cottez à la Citadelle du Plan Geometral de Cazal.’
Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom right:] A PARIS, Chez MELCHIOR TAVERNIER, Graueur & Imprimeur du Roy pour / les tailles douces, demeurant en l’Isle du Palais, sur le Quay qui / regarde la Megisserie, à l’Espic d’Or. 1630.
Watermark: Text: bunch of grapes. Mount: none.
Condition: two fold lines to text; creased; some brown discolouration to the whole. One fold line to the mount which does not coincide with the folds on the text
37.9 x 50.6 cm (sheet)
40.8 x 54.7 cm (mount)
Printed title:
None
Annotations:
George III heading: Account of the Sieges of Casal in 1629 and 1630.
Other annotations: (Recto) The date ‘1630’ towards the bottom of the text in the right column is underlined in pencil. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Casal Plans de la Ville et de la Citadelle de Casal, assiegées par le Marquis de Spinola en 1630 par le S.r Maupin Ing.r avec un Abregé succinct en forme de journal de ce qui s’est passé dans le Montferrat pour la protection du Duc de Mantoue depuis que le Roy en donna la garde a M.r de Toyras jusques a la paix generale et levement du second Siege de Casal: chez Tavernier, 1630.
Subject(s)
Casale Monferrato [Casale, Casal, Cazal], Piedmont, Italy (45°08ʹ00ʺN 08°27ʹ09ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2926
Page revisions
23 May 2024
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