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Thirty Years War (1618-48)

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

    BALTHASAR FLORISZ. VAN BERCKENRODE(?) (C. 1592-1645)

    Etching and engraving; printed on paper; laid down on four pieces of paper which have been pasted together; formerly mounted on paper. (Remains of type B mount) | 35.3 x 56.9 cm (neatline) | RCIN 722078

    A view of the Battle of Nördlingen, fought on 5-6 September 1634 between the Holy Roman Empire with Spain and the Bavarian League, commanded by the future Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand of Hungary (13 July 1608-2 April 1657) and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609/10-9 November 1641) and Sweden with the forces of Saxe-Weimar and the Heilbronn League, commanded by Gustav Horn af Björneborg (22 October 1592-10 May 1657) and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (16 August 1604-18 July 1639) resulting in an Imperial victory. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).

    Frederick Muller (1863) vol.I, no.1727, p.235, lists this view as an engraving by B.F. Berckenrode and cites the source as an atlas then belonging to J.T. Bodel Nijenhuis of Leiden.

    • Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode(?) (c. 1592-1645) (engraver)

    • Watermark: View: indistinct. Backing paper: cross on top of three hills in circle.

      Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of mount (type indescernible) on verso

    • 35.3 x 56.9 cm (neatline)

      42.9 x 57.5 cm (image and sheet)

      cropped (platemark)

      43.0 x 38.7 cm (mount)

    • Printed title:

      DELINEATIO ACIEI ET PVGNÆ AD NORTLINGAM VI. SEPTEMBRIS. Ao M.DC.XXXIV. [top centre]

      Additional text:

      [bottom, below the view, arranged in six columns, a key, A-E and 1-37, to the positions of the troops and camps of both armies.]

      Annotations:

      George III heading: Battle of Nordlingen 6 September 1634.

      Other annotations: none.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Nordlingen Delineatio Aciei et Pugnæ ad Nortlingam, 6 Septembris 1634.

    • Subject(s)

      Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany (48°51ʹ04ʺN 10°29ʹ19ʺE)

    • 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. 2955

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