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Sächsisch Confect Sampt dem darauff gefolgten Fränckischen Früstück

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Sächsisch Confect Sampt dem darauff gefolgten Fränckischen Früstück

1631.
engraving and letterset
6 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (158 x 260 mm.); secondary support: 6 x 10 1/8 in. (158 x 258 mm.)
Peel 0072
Notes
3 columns of letterpress verse under print.
Dated in manuscript at bottom right corner "Oct: 1663".
See also Peel 0119.
Watermark: unknown.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil, lower left corner: t.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

This alludes to the battle of Breitenfeld near Leipzig, in which occupying Catholic forces were driven from Leipzig by protestants led by Gustavus Adolphus. The occupying troops had been enjoying rich plunder from the city and were satirically portrayed as being interrupted in the middle of a feast. "Der Loew" in the text refers to Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, who was described as the lion of the north.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints