The Battle of Pavia, 1525

Wood-engraving (in 2 sections, joined) by and after Schäufelein, inscribved with monogram HS in center right foreground. 'The battle of Pavia; lower right portion of the woodcut illustration to a broadside on the battle between French troops and those of Emperor Charles V; with foot soldiers from the two armies confronting each other; eight bodies in the foreground; in right background a captain on horseback next to two cannons at right and a soldier waving his hat at left' -- British Museum. Wood-engraving (in 2 sections, joined) by and after Schäufelein, inscribved with monogram HS in center right foreground. 'The battle of Pavia; lower right portion of the woodcut illustration to a broadside on the battle between French troops and those of Emperor Charles V; with foot soldiers from the two armies confronting each other; eight bodies in the foreground; in right background a captain on horseback next to two cannons at right and a soldier waving his hat at left' -- British Museum. Giant oblong folio, in folding mat; margins intact; clean. Leichtenstein-Hauslab Collection, 1951.