Susa, 1629 (Susa, Piedmont, Italy) 45°08ʹ12ʺN 07°03ʹ29ʺE

Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher) [bottom right, following the note addressed ‘AVX LECTEVRS’:] Votre tres-humble & tres-obeyssant serui- / teur MELCHIOR TAVERNIER.

Subject(s)

Watermark: None visible on text or mount

Condition: one fold line common to the text and mount; left column of text has two fold lines; the two columns of text have been joined by a piece of blank paper in the centre, pasted to the inside edge of each column of text; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso

17.3 x 16.4 cm (sheet of left column)

17.4 x 16.6 cm (sheet of right column)

40.3 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.

Annotations:

George III heading: Suza 6-13 March 1629.

Other annotations (Recto) none. (Verso) [on each column of text, black pencil:] D.1.

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.

Bibliographic reference(s)

M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2887