Identification title(s): fort isabella, 1629. Castellum isabellae (title on object). Object type: print map object number: rp-p-ao-16-29. E. Catalog reference: fmh 1605-a/5. Atlas van stolk 1675. Note: fol. 38. Description: map of fort isabella. A spanish fortress outside the city, during the siege by the dutch army under frederik hendrik, from may 1 to september 17, 1629. Bottom left a scale: 50 virgae rhynlandica. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: willem hondius (mentioned on object), publisher: abraham elzevier (i) (possibly). Place of manufacture: printmaker: northern netherlands, publisher: leiden. Dating: 1631. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 260 mm × w 344 mm. Explanation: print also used in: heinsius, daniel. Rerum ad sylvam-ducis atque alibi in belgio aut a belgio anno 1629 gestarum historia. Leiden: ex officina elzeviriorum, 1631, p. 38-39. In the copy in the rijksmuseum research library, signature 327 i 25. Subject: what: fortifications, military engineering. Siege of den bosch (1629). Capture of den bosch (1629). When: 1629-05-01 - 1629-09-17. Where: 's-hertogenbosch. Fort isabella (den bosch). Who: frederik hendrik (prince of orange). Acquisition: transfer of management 1887. Date: 1631.
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