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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
A fine birds-eye view of the Siege of Warsaw in 1656. A major battle fought between Poland and Sweden in the Second Northern War 1655-60. Matthaus Merian (1593-1650) began publishing the ‘Theatrum Europaeum’ in 1633, it was not finished until 1738 by which time 21 volumes had been issued including some 20,000 pages of text, 720 maps, plans, views and other engravings and nearly 700 portraits. Shirley (2004) G.Meri 7a no. 6.
MERIAN, Matthaus
Beschreibung der Bataille, wie sie vor Warschau den Britten tag als den 30/20 Julii Anno 1656 gestanden
Frankfurt, c.1656
290 x 370 mm., birds eye view in good condition.
Stock number: 9707
SOLD