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Filename: g2h152
PID: islandora:27_38
Title: Bonn
Alternative title: Bonne
Creator: Loon, H.V. (Herman van) (engraver)
Date issued: 1689
Publisher: N. de Fer
Country: France
Place: Paris
Description: Engraved map of Bonn from the late seventeenth century showing the fortifications surrounding the city, with a key.
File Format: img/jp2
Extent: 23 x 32 cm
Object type: Maps
Tags: Bonn
Subject, TGM: Forts & fortifications
Maps
Engravings
Subject, local: Bonn
Historical period: late 17th century
Geographic coverage: Bonn -- Germany
Collection: Beethoven Maps
Repository: The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University
Rights: This work is in the public domain and therefore the digital images attached to this catalog record may be used without permission. Credit statements for these images should read From the collections of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San José State University. For information on obtaining higher resolution reproductions and permission to publish, see the Beethoven Center's website https://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collection/library-materials/index.php
Location: Beethoven Graphics Box 7
Note: This map shows a perspective of the town focusing on the location of the fortifications in place during the three-month siege in 1689, after which the Germans were forced to surrender.
Provenance: Purchase, eBay 20030427