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Umbständliche Relation und Vorstellung des durch die tapfere Venetianische Waffen in Morea Anno 1687, den 22. Julii glücklich erhaltenen Sieges und der gleichfals glücklichen Eroberung der zwey so vesten Plätze Patrasso und Lepanto durch glaubwürdige Schreiben vorgestellet

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Umbständliche Relation und Vorstellung des durch die tapfere Venetianische Waffen in Morea Anno 1687, den 22. Julii glücklich erhaltenen Sieges und der gleichfals glücklichen Eroberung der zwey so vesten Plätze Patrasso und Lepanto durch glaubwürdige Schreiben vorgestellet

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Print shows two birds-eye views. The upper image shows a view of the walled city of Patras, Greece, the gulf of Lepanto beyond, and two smaller fortifications on either side of the Dardanelle straits further in the background. Includes views of troop formations. The lower image shows a battlefield further away from the shoreline on the outskirts of Patras. Soliders and cavalry are depicted. Smoke rises above the battlefield.
Title from caption at beginning of text below second image.
Extensive text in German in three columns below the images.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 138.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 138.
Paas, J.R. German political broadsheet, 1600-1700 Vol. 12, P-3591
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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01/01/1687
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