Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 21.2 x 15.2 cm (8.35 x 5.98 inch). Image size: 15.8 x 12.2 cm. (6.22 x 4.8 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. A few minor foxing spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
1603 CAMPAIGN-MAURITS-EIGHTY YEAR WAR | PCO-E10-17
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Les guerres de Nassau…’, by G. Baudartius / G. Baudart, published in Amsterdam by M. Colin de Thovoyon in 1616. This important work on the first five decades of the 80 Years War raging in the Netherlands, Belgium and the western part of Germany from 1568-1648, was written from a Contra-Remonstrant point of view. Many of the plates are after ‘Geschichtsblatter’ by Frans Hogenberg and after plates from J. J. Orlers’ work. New plates were added as well.
Biography artist: Willem Baudaert or Wilhelmus Baudartius (1565-1640), born Willem Baudart, was a Dutch theologian.
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