WARSAW. Battle of Warsaw depicted by M. Merian in 1743.

[WARSAW]. Beschreibung der Bataille, wie sie vor Warschau den Dritten tag als den 30/20 Julii Anno 1656 gestanden. Copperplate form. 24.5x36.2 on ark. 33.2x38 cm.
Imago Pol. H20b/3. Sheet prepared by Matthäus Merian, taken from J. L. Gotfried's work "Historische Chronik" (Frankfurt 1743). It depicts the last stage of the siege of the capital by the Swedish army, in the background a simplified panorama of the left bank of Warsaw is visible, in the foreground the towns marked: Kempe, Kamin, Scarzowa, Praga, Brudna, Bialalenka. Under the lower frame a description of the course of the battle and the positions of the Swedish troops. Unfolded middle fold of the sheet, good condition.