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.