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Auction 108, Lot 425

"Delineatio Oppidi Grypswaldae,…", Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

Subject: Germany

Period: 1697 (published)

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

Color: Black & White

Size:
14.5 x 11 inches
36.8 x 27.9 cm
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Great battle scene at Greifswald, then part of Swedish Pomerania. Evidence of the battle is conveyed through smoke, explosions and the ballistic paths of mortar and cannon shot into the walled city. The large decorative title cartouche is flanked with military flags. From Pufendorf's chronicle on The Northern Wars and military campaigns of Sweden's King Charles X.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 9/29/2004

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