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Belägerung vnd Eroberung der Festung Benfeld so durch den Schwedischen Herrn Feldmarschalck Gustaff Horn geschehen 1632

Belägerung vnd Eroberung der Festung Benfeld so durch den Schwedischen Herrn Feldmarschalck Gustaff Horn geschehen 1632

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Print shows two images. Upper image shows the a birds-eye view of the fortress of Benfeld in Alsace, the cloister Ehl and the headquarters of field marshall Gustav Horn during the siege of that town in 1632. The lower image shows a plan of the walled city of "Deutsch" [Deutz] on the Rhine River under attack by Swedish troops in 1632. Also shown are troop formations and troop strengths. Details in the print are labeled A-W with a descriptive key under the caption.
Title from captions above images.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 40.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 40.
Cropped negative - LC-USZ62-50557 (lower image)
Whole sheet - LC-USZ62-67077
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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01/01/1632
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benfeld
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