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Die so berühmte und wunderbahre Esseker brukken

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Die so berühmte und wunderbahre Esseker brukken

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Print shows a birdseye view of the new bridge over the confluence of the Danube and Drava rivers near the town of Esseckh in the Hungarian Empire (present day Osijek, Croatia) next to the remaining pylons of the former bridge that was burned down in 1664. The bridge was rebuilt by Suleiman the II but was burnt down again by the Austrian army in 1686.
Title from caption above image on item.
Additional description in German below text with key for items A-F identified in the print.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 109.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 109.
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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01/01/1664
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croatia
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