Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Naval battle near Rhodes, 1645 (Ródos, South Aegean, Greece) 36°22ʹ59ʺN 28°13ʹ35ʺE
c.1645Two separate columns of letterpress text, each laid down on paper then mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 32.1 x 15.5 cm (sheet of left column) | RCIN 723062.c
Letterpress text accompanying the view of the naval battle off Rhodes, 1644 (see RCIN 723062.a). The text gives a full acount of the action and names the Maltese dead. See also RCIN 723062.b.
Anthoine de Vauconsains (active 1624-44) (publisher) [at end of text:] A Paris, chez Anthoine de Vauconsain, à l’Entrée de la grand Salle / du Palais.
Subject(s)
Navy-MaltaNavy-Ottoman EmpireWatermark: Text: none visible. Backing paper: anchor in clircle, six-pointed star above, the letter D below. Mount: none.
Condition: tears to all pieces of text; repaired by being laid down on paper; brown discolouration from paste. Mount Type B; one fold line; no gilt edges; some offsetting on verso of a different print
32.1 x 15.5 cm (sheet of left column)
32.1 x 15.9 cm (sheet of right column)
34.8 x 38.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
La sïgnalée Victoire Nauale, / remportée sur les Turcs, par les galéres / de la Religion de S. Jean de Jerusalem. / En laquelle a esté pris un grand galion de la Sultane, / & autres vaisseaux du Grand Seigneur, auec / trois cens & quatre-vingts captifs. [on RCIN 723062.b]
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement near Rhodes 28 Sept 1645.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhodes Vue de la Victoire Navale remportée sur les Turcs par les Galeres de la Religion de S.t Jean de Jerusalaem pres de Rhodes le 28 de Sept.re 1645; avec une Description: chez A. de Vauconsain.
Subject(s)
Ródos, South Aegean, Greece (36°22ʹ59ʺN 28°13ʹ35ʺE)
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. 3185, 3186
Page revisions
21 July 2024
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