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Eigentlicher Abriss und umständlicher Bericht des hitzigen Treffens der Christen wider die Türcken zwischen Salankamena und Semblin unweit des Sau-Flusses den 19. August. st. n. dieses 1691. Jahrs A. J

Eigentlicher Abriss und umständlicher Bericht des hitzigen Treffens der Christen wider die Türcken zwischen Salankamena und Semblin unweit des Sau-Flusses den 19. August. st. n. dieses 1691. Jahrs A. J

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Birds-eye view print shows scene of battle between forces on horseback with some riders carrying standards of the crescent moon, fallen horses and fallen riders in the foreground. Behind are troops of soldiers facing off in battle while clouds of smoke rise behind tent encampments. The Battle of Slankamen was fought near Slankamen, Serbia on August 19, 1691, between Austrian and German forces (from Baden) on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire against the Ottoman Empire.
Title from caption above image.
Engraving attributed to Johann Atzelt of Nuremberg. Cf. Paas.
Paas, J.R. German political broadsheet, 1600-1700 Vol. 12, P-3690
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 147B.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 147B.
Lengthy German text in three columns below image.
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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