Eroberung der Stadt Würtzburg in Francken vnd Vesten Schlosses daselbsten
Summary
Print shows a birds-eye view of the walled city of Würzburg, Germany with its castle on the hill on the opposite side of the Main River as it looked before the siege by troops under the command of Swedish King Gustav Adolf who destroyed the castle in 1631.
Lengthy descriptive text in German below image.
Title from caption above image.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 34.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 34.
Paas, J.R. German political broadsheet, 1600-1700 Vol. 5, P-1505
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1631
Location
germany
Source
Library of Congress
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