Extremely rare broadsheet of the Siege of Louvain
Louvain - Leuven 1635
Lovanium.
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Broadsheet about the siege of Louvain in 1635.
Title: Lovanium.
Auxilio Dei Viget Lovanium. (Met Gods hulp bloeit Leuven)
With a dedication to Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, by Gerardus a Gutshoven, a mathematician at the university at Leuven: Serenissimo Principi Ferdinando Infanti Cardinali Serenissime Princeps, Lovanium acriter ab hoste Gallo-Batavo obsessium et imprignatium, ut in schemate omnes spectent, Serenitati tuae repraesento ...
Cum privilegio Regis.
And. Pauli Fecit, aqua forti.
Added beneath: explanatory printed text in Dutch and French: "Belegh der vermaerde stadt en de ghemeene hooghe school van Loven, ..."
Oriented to the northwest.
Engraver: And. Pauli.
Date: 1635.
Date on map: 1635.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 390 x 405mm (15.35 x 15.94 inches).
Sheet size, including upper inscription and text below: 545 x 415mm (21.46 x 16.34 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Backed with linen, vertical and horizontal fold, some wear at folds, age-toned.
With added handwritten French texts.
Condition Rating: A.
Separate publication.
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