European and Turkish armies in combat, 1564

Etched folding panorama by Jost Amman (originally attributed to Georg Hoefnagel), dated 1564. 'A Turkish army attacking a city defended by troops outside the city; the Turkish troops on the right accompanied by camels, the infantry and cavalry troops defending the city on the left, canons being fired in the foreground and from the fortified city walls. Amman's coat of arms on a chest at lower left. Illustration to Leonhart Fronsperger, 'Kriegsrechte', Frankfurt am Main: Feyerabend & Hüter, 1565. 1565 Etched folding panorama by Jost Amman (originally attributed to Georg Hoefnagel), dated 1564. 'A Turkish army attacking a city defended by troops outside the city; the Turkish troops on the right accompanied by camels, the infantry and cavalry troops defending the city on the left, canons being fired in the foreground and from the fortified city walls. Amman's coat of arms on a chest at lower left. Illustration to Leonhart Fronsperger, 'Kriegsrechte', Frankfurt am Main: Feyerabend & Hüter, 1565. 1565 Long narrow oblong folio, 2 prints, folded; in maroon cloth folio slipcase, red leather label st. gold "Hafnagel - Siege of Szigeth - 1564". [Note: the Siege of Szigeth was in 1566]. New York, Rockman Prints, 1958.
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