Warhafftige Abbildung vnd Beschreibung dess grossen vnd gewaltigen Treffens welches vor der Chur-Sächsischen Statt Leipzig zwischen der Catholischen Liga Generaln Graf Johann von Tilly an einem; vnd der Königl. Mayst. in Schweden auch Churfürstl. Durchl. zu Sachsen andern teils den 6. (16.) September 1631 vnd hernacher vorgangen

Birds-eye view engraving shows the battlefield outside of Leipzig, Germany between Swedish and Saxon troops in September 1631. Includes views of troop formations and the location of the city of Leipzig. Troop groupings are identified with an S (for Swedish troops) or a T (for Tilly, commander of troops for the Catholic League). This first Battle of Breitenfeld as it came to be known was the first major Protestant victory in the Thirty Years' War.
Lengthy German text in three columns below image.
Title from caption above image. Printer's initials "L.L." in lower border of image. Identified as Ludwig Lochner of Nuremberg by Paas.
Paas, J.R. German political broadsheet, 1600-1700 Vol. 5, P-1409
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 31.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 31.
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.