Two optical prints of Bergen op Zoom. Engravings, hand-coloured. 1. Prise et Pillage de la ville de Bergop-zoom. 25,7 x 43,3 cm. - 2. Siege de Bergopzom par les Troupes de France commandées par Mr. Le Maréchal de Lowandal. 30,9 x 50,5 cm (margins sl. soiled). Joined: Historical print "Don Cantelmo tot Burgerhout by Antwerpen geslagen anno 1643". Engraving, 30,5 x 37,4 cm (centerfold underlaid). Battle of Borgerhout near Antwerp in which a Spanish army of Don Andrea Cantelmo commanded by Don Juan de Borges was defeated by the States Army commanded by Prince Willem. From "Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien: zyn leven en bedryf" by Commelin, publ. Amsterdam, ca. 1650. Ref. Muller, p. 265 nr. 1873. (3 pcs)

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