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Die Vestung Neüheusel wie solche Anno 1685 von der Christlichen Armada Balägert

Die Vestung Neüheusel wie solche Anno 1685 von der Christlichen Armada Balägert

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Print shows a birdseye view of the the star shaped fortress of Neuhäusel (Nové Zámky, Slovakia) under attack in a battle between Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Turkish forces. Includes vies of troops on horseback, cannons and infantry. Turkish troops captured the fort in 1663/64 and Austrian troops re-captured the fort in 1685. Individual details are labeled a-g with a key to images in the caption at the bottom of the print. Identified items include H.V. Lotharingen, G. Waldeck, Gefangne Turken, Keysserliche und C. Baiyrische arttelorien, Etliche Pumpenwurff, Neuheussen and Omarflus.
Title from caption at top of print.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 128.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 128.
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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01/01/1685
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nové zámky
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