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Thirty Years War (1618-48)

Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war

MELCHIOR TAVERNIER (1594-1665)

Siege of Dole, 1636 (Dole, Franche-Comté, France) 47°06ʹ00ʺN 05°30ʹ00ʺE

c.1637

Six pieces of letterpress text mounted side by side in two columns, each column comprising three pieces of text, joined; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 33.0 x 31.0 cm (sheet of left column) | RCIN 722086.b

Accompanying letterpress text to the view of the siege of Dole, 1636, at RCIN 722086.a.

  • Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom right:] A PARIS, / Chez MELCHIOR TAVERNIER, Graueur & Impri- / meur du Roy pour les Cartes Geographiques, Marines & Tailles=douces, demeurant en l’Isle du Palais / sur le Quay qui regarde la Megisserie, / à la Sphere Royalle. / M. DC. XXXVII.

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
  • Watermark: Text: indistinct initials in small rectangular frame. Mount: kneeling man with halo and cross in shield.

    Condition: good; no gilt edges

     

  • 33.0 x 31.0 cm (sheet of left column)

    31.7 x 12.0 cm (sheet of right column)

    32.8 x 31.2 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN AV VRAY DE LA VILLE / de Dolle, auec la circonualation faite à l’assiegement / d’icelle commencé le premier iour de Iuin

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Dole 1635.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, black pencil:] Dole.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Dole Plan de la Ville de Dole, avec la circonvalation faite a l’assiegement d’icelle (par le Prince de Condé) commencé le 1.er de Juin 1635: chez Tavernier, 1637. 2 feuilles.

  • Subject(s)

    Dole, Franche-Comté, France (47°06ʹ00ʺN 05°30ʹ00ʺE)

  • 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. 2966, 2967

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024