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Auction 105, Lot 406

"Delineatio Arcis Bremerfoerdae…", Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

Subject: Germany

Period: 1697 (published)

Publication: Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave, roy de Suede

Color: Black & White

Size:
13 x 10.7 inches
33 x 27.2 cm
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Great plan from Pufendorf's famous chronicle on The Northern Wars and military campaigns of Sweden's King Charles X. At top is a panoramic view of the battle for Bremen (1657) with bombs bursting over the city and a gallows shown in the foreground. At bottom is a plan of the vicinity of Bremen with the Danish and Swedish fleets in the harbor and armies storming the fortified city. Decorative cartouches and border.

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Condition: A+

Printer's crease top right, else very fine.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $350

Closed on 12/3/2003

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