Eigentliche Abbildung wie Ao 1657. den 27. Febr. die Schweden den Weixel Damm...

Very decorative copper engraving of the Vistula detla during the bursting of the dam in 1657 by G. Bodenehr. The map showing the area between Danzig/Gdansk, Marienburg/Malbork and Dirschau/Tczew. Danzig is shown as a detailed birdeye view. The Danziger Werder is shown under water caused by the bursting of a dam beside Kasemark/Kiezmark. The engraving is based on a paining of an unknown artist and was published in 'Curioses Staats- und Kriegs-Theatrum' in 1722.

Verso a modern owner stamp and handwritten note, otherwise fine.

Gabriel Bodenehr, a German map maker and member of a famous engraver and publisher family of Augsburg, was born 1673. His main work was Atlas Curieux first published 1704. He died in 1765.