Dissegno di Nitria in prospettiva

Engraving (by De Rossi?). 'Birds-eye view print shows fortress and view of the city of Nitra (Slovakia) on the hill in the background. In the middle ground rises another hill. In the foreground, above the scene are gathered soldiers on the right, a man on horseback next to a tree stump while a man standing points off to his right toward the valley below. On the left side of the foreground, cavalry forces have gathered. Some soldiers and cavalry are also visible on the field below' -- Library of Congress. Engraving (by De Rossi?). 'Birds-eye view print shows fortress and view of the city of Nitra (Slovakia) on the hill in the background. In the middle ground rises another hill. In the foreground, above the scene are gathered soldiers on the right, a man on horseback next to a tree stump while a man standing points off to his right toward the valley below. On the left side of the foreground, cavalry forces have gathered. Some soldiers and cavalry are also visible on the field below' -- Library of Congress. Oblong folio; margins intact; creased. From 'Historia de Leopoldo Cesare', by Gualdo Priorato, part two (Vienna, 1670).