Sweden - Region of Halland / Genevad; Erik Jönsson...

Rare and imposing 17th-century copperplate engraving depicting the historic Battle of Genevadsbro, fought on August 31, 1657, in the context of the war between Sweden and Denmark Battle of Genevadsbro - Wikipedia. The composition, based on live drawings and military surveys by the famous Swedish count and military engineer Erik Dahlbergh, was finely engraved by the artist Willem Swidde to illustrate the monumental historical work by Samuel von Pufendorf published in Nuremberg in 1696 THE BATTLE AT GENEVADSBRO 1657 (by Swidde 1689). Books, Maps ..., De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciae rege gestis… — PICRYL .... The splendid panoramic view describes the tactical clash near the Genevad bridge, where the Swedish Imperial relief army, commanded by the renowned statesman Per Brahe the Younger, vigorously opposed the invading Danish forces pressing the Laholm fortress under siege, ultimately managing to liberate it Antique map, Dahlbergh/Pufendorf, Acies Seu Phalanx …, Battle of Genevadsbro - Wikipedia. The work shows with rigorous topographic detail the geometric disposition and the defensive lines of the opposing factions (

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