Caption
Siege of Saint Martin on the Île de Ré, July-November 1627 (text, bottom right section), print, historical print, text sheet, Sixteenth part (text, bottom right section) of a print of the siege of the citadel of Saint Martin on the Île de Ré in 1627, which was carried out by English troops led by the Duke of Buckingham and was ended by French troops led by Cardinal Richelieu. On this sheet the legend to the central map, in Latin., printmaker, writer (clerical worker), France, Charles Delorme, paper, engraving, height 583 mm, width 163 mm, Île de Ré, Period, 1627, A tall, narrow, aged paper sheet with a decorative border and many lines of neat, handwritten script arranged in a single column, the top area featuring larger, spaced lettering and the lower area filled with smaller cursive entries, with ornate scrollwork flourishes visible along the left and right margins and a subtle vertical crease along the right edge.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A95_086
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56.2Mb (11.3Mb) / 7.9in x 27.7in / 2363 x 8307 (300dpi)