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Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)

Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718

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    View of Nagikanyzsa, 1600 (Nagykanizsa [Canissa; Kanizsa], Zala, Hungary) 46°27ʹ12ʺN 16°59ʹ27ʺE

    1600 or later

    Letterpress text on two pieces of paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 53.6 x 39.6 cm (mount) | RCIN 721108.b

    Letterpress explanatory text to the view of the Habsburg and Turkish camps near Nagykanizsa, 8 October 1600 (see RCIN 721108.a). Ottoman-Habsburg Wars : The Long War (1591/3-1606).

    This explanatory text in two pieces is mounted on one sheet of paper.

    This view and accompanying text are the second of a set of four (RCINs 721107-721110).

    • Anonymous (printmaker)

      Subject(s)

      Army-Ottoman Empire
      Army-Austria

    • Watermark: None

      Condition: no fold lines; 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.

    • 9.0 x 31.5 cm (first sheet)

      9.0 x 17.9 cm (second sheet)

      53.6 x 39.6 cm (mount)

    • Printed title:

      No title. Text of each piece begins:

      [1] [Heading:] En cette iournée se voit comme l'armée Chrestienne campée à une demy lieuë de Canise, & tout aupres celle des / Turcs, fit contre-eux & sousteint plusieurs efforts.

      [2] [A key to the view:] Chefs & troupes des Chrestiens. Chefs des Turcs & leurs troupes.

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Canissa 8 Oct. 1600.

      Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] I/102-h.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Canissa Representation of the Encampments of the Imperial and Turkish Armies near Canissa on the 8.th of Oct.r 1600: with a Description.

    • Subject(s)

      Nagykanizsa [Canissa; Kanizsa], Zala, Hungary (46°27ʹ12ʺN 16°59ʹ27ʺE)

    • 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. 2767-2768

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