Author: Renaut, Noë (c.1620-); Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)
Title: [Original etching and engraving cartography/ets en gravure kaart] 'SASSA GANDENSIS OBSESSA et EXPUGNATA [...]'; Sas van Gent 1644.
Description: Map of Sas van Gent with surrounding area at the time of the siege in 1644 by Frederick Henry (Frederik Hendrik), Prince of Orange during the Eighty Years' War. Title and dedication to Frederick Henry in cartouche in upper right corner: 'SASSA GANDENSIS OBSESSA et EXPUGNATA ab Illmo. Principe FRIDERICO HENRICO [...] ANNO MDCXLIV'. On banners on both sides a legend to parts in the map numbered 1 to 26 and lettered A to I indicating the fortifications in the landscape. Bottom left a compass rose, scale, and signed: 'Eschel. de 300 [...] N. Renaut Sedannois, Mathematicien.' Used in: Novum ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium, Amsterdam, Joan Blaeu, 1649. Etching and engraving on laid paper, with margins; letterpress text on verso; platemark: 432 x 547 mm; total: 472 x 637 mm; watermark: Atlas holding the celestial spheres; some light stains, else in good condition.

Keywords: Cartography|Dutch History|Eighty Years' War Cartography, Dutch History, Eighty Years' War,