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Allerfreulichste Vorstellung und Beschreibung der durch glücklich siegreiche Kayserl. und Alliirten Waffen eroberten Welt-berühmten Stadt und Vestung Landau

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Allerfreulichste Vorstellung und Beschreibung der durch glücklich siegreiche Kayserl. und Alliirten Waffen eroberten Welt-berühmten Stadt und Vestung Landau

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Birds-eye view print shows view of the fortress city of Landau (Landau an der Pfaltz), Germany surrounded by troops. Volleys of cannon are being shot into the city. In the right foreground are a group of noblemen outside of a tent and a man holding up a picture of a plan of the city. Encampments with tents, horses and wagons and formations of soldiers are also visible. In the distance, a panorama view of the hills. Items identified in the print are numbered 1-31.
Title from caption at top of print.
Lengthy German text in two columns below image. Additional caption key in two columns at bottom of image and above the text. Verse of 8 lines at end of second column of text.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 179.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 179.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.

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01/01/1704
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germany
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