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Assedio della Citta di Mvnster Anno 1661 G. Bouttats, fecit

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Assedio della Citta di Mvnster Anno 1661 G. Bouttats, fecit

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Birds-eye view print shows map of the area around Münster in Westphalia (Germany) during a siege in 1661. After the Thirty Years' War, Münster attempted to rise to the rank of a free imperial city but loss to forces that took control of the city under Prince-Bishop Christopher Bernhard of Galen in March, 1661. Elements in print are labeled A-T descriptive key along left hand side of the print.
Title from key caption.
Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 93.
Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 93.
Original album; Purchase; 1950.
Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives.

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01/01/1661
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germany
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Library of Congress
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