Kurtze Beschreibung der Freystatt im Hertzogthumb Francken gelegen wie dieselbe von Ihr Königl. Mayestät Erobert vnnd Eingenommen

Print shows birds eye view of Freising in Bavaria in August 1632 in flames in the valley below. Troops are fleeing the city but other troops are in battle formation on the edge of the valey. Additional troops depicted on horseback are charging toward the city from the hills above in the foreground. The cities and towns of Nyrmberg [Nuremberg], Vischpach [Fischbach] and Mÿndelheim [Mindelheim] are also depicted in the background. The town of Freising had paid a ransom to Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus and his troops but was nevertheless pillaged.
Title from caption above the picture.
Explanatory caption in German below the illustration.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 43.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 43.
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.