[Bergen op Zoom] Collection w. 33 col. and uncol. prints, views and maps rel. to Bergen op Zoom
17th to 19th cent. Var. sizes and techniques. Incl.: (1) Fully col. city plan by Braun & Hogenberg, 34 x 39 cm from a Latin ed., ca. 1600. Sl. browned w. minor holes caused by oxidation. (2) View of BoZ by Hogenberg, 20.5 x 26 cm, ca. 1600. (3-4) Two maps and views by L. Guicciardini, in Latin and German, both before 1630. (5) View by Meisner w. caption in Latin and German, before 1630. Also included: 4 siege views of BoZ, a view by C. Merian (13 x 51.5 cm, 1659), a Tirion view (17 x 34 cm, ca. 1740), two identical optical views (slightly different colouring) and "Prise et Pillage de la Ville de Bergop-Zoom", 1747. -and 19 others; mostly in copper engr.
Added: A large BoZ plan w. title: Nieuwe platte Grond van Bergen op Zoom met de forten op de linie derselver Belegeringe en Attaque der Franse, zedert den 16 July 1747. Amsterdam. Pierre Schenk, ca. 1750
w. fortifications and legend on a single leaf, 61 x 52 cm. Title and legend in Dutch and French.
(total 33)