1697 – S. Pufendorf – Obsidium Haffniense

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Title:                      “Typus Haffniae regni Daniae metropolis et sedis regiae ut et obsidii quo a S.R. Maj. Sueciae anno 1658 premebatur …​” & “Obsidium Haffniense ao. 1658”

Description:

Rare, very large and detailed panoramic view of the city of Copenhagen in 1658 siege during the Second Northern War between Sweden and Denmark. The engraving shows defenses trapped between a fleet of ships in the sea and a large number of cavalry soldiers in the foreground.

The engraving comes from the Samuel von Pufendorf’s book “Histoire du règne de Charles Gustave, roy de Suède, comprise en sept commentaires…” painter Erik Jönsson Dahlbergh, engraver Jean Le Pautre,  published by Christoph Riegel in Nuremberg, 1697.

Cartographer:       Samuel von Pufendorf  (1632 – 1694)​ ​
Sheet size:               112,3 x 33,5 cm​​
Year:                         1697
Technique:             copper engraving

Condition:
Good condition. Three sheets joined, as issued. Few marginal splits and loses restored and backed with antique paper.

This is an original antique map published in 1697 and not a modern copy or reprint

 

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity

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