Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 151

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ENGLAND--1667.) Ware Afbeeldinge van't Genereux exploit, uitgevoert door 's Landts Oorlogs-Vloot, op de Riviere van Chattam of Rochester. Large-format news-sheet, illustrated with 8 etchings printed from 3 plates, printed on 3 conjoined sheets, 19 3/4x 26 3/4 inches; 3 short closed repaired tears along bottom edge, both right-hand corners worn and skillfully restored, with about 3 inches of the border supplied in facsimile. Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, [1667]
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Depicts the Raid on the Medway, the final engagement of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A Dutch fleet sailed up the Medway River and laid waste to the English ships then docked at the Chatham naval base. Several English ships were burned to the waterline, and two others were brought back to Holland as prizes. It was one of the great defeats in English history.