Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of Nîmes, 1629 (Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussilon, France) 43°50°00ʺN 04°21°00ʺE
1629 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; guarded into volume | Scale: not stated | RCIN 722039.b
A plan of the fortified walls of the city and outlying forts of Nîmes set in a high oblique view of the surrounding country, with a profile of the new fortification works as they stood on 4 July 1629 when Louis XIII (27 September 1601-14 May 1643) took the city. Huguenot Rebellion (Rohan Wars) (1627-1629). Oriented with north-west to top (cardinal points).
The attribution of the Royal Collection print to Bosse is made on stylistic grounds, based on the topographical prints attributed to him by BnF.
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.
? Abraham Bosse (1604-76) (printmaker)
? Melchior Tavernier (1594-1665) (publisher)
Watermark: Large coat of arms
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt, foxing, to both sides; wormholes to bottom margin, matching the holes in the folio above and below
Scale: not stated. 1:2,000 approx for the fortifications.
37.2 x 54.8 cm (image and neatline)
37.5 x 55.1 cm (platemark)
45.4 x 60.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN de la Ville de NISMES / auec ses fortifications rendue en lobeissance du / Roy le 4.me Iuillet 1629. deseignee par sa Majesté. [bottom right, in cartouche ornamented with swags of fruit and a lion’s head]
Inset:
[bottom left, a profile of the new fortification works.]
Additional text:
[bottom right, below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-I, K-S, to the bastions and other parts of the fortifications.]
Annotations:
George III heading: none.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, brown ink, slightly cropped:] 3.
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)
Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussilon, France (43°50°00ʺN 04°21°00ʺE)
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