Italy - Piedmont // Casale Monferrato; Matthäus Merian il Vecchio (Basilea, 1593 – Bad Schwalbach, 1650), - Belägerung der Statt Cazal und wie sie von K. M. in Franckreich entsetzt worden 1630 (Traduzione: - 1621-1650

Bird's-eye view detailing the fortified town of Casale Monferrato (Piedmont) and its famous bastioned citadel on the Po River, during the memorable siege of 1630 (Mantuan and Monferrat succession War)

The ink impression is sharp and well pressed, with all the details of the military layout and the inscriptions perfectly legible.
Noted are some light and widespread foxing (stains of damp) and a slight and even