Czech Republic – Prague – Defenestration – Lubin

Lubin, Eylhar: Czech Republic – Prague – Defenestration: Wahre Contrafacturwie die Kays. Räthe zum Fenster hinaus geworffen worden seindt. 
Cloppenburg Amsterdam c1620-30 

copper engraved print; overall size 33 x 40 cm; plate size 27 x 31 cm.

Engraved by van der Keere, for Eylhar Lubinus’ ‘Regni Bohemiae nova descriptio’. 

Beautifully and rare view of the Praguer defenestration which was pivotal in the start of the 30 Years War. The view is taken from Klárov across to the Hradschin, with a deer park in the foreground. There is a short German legend from A to C on the right lower side, with ‘B’ stating that this is the window of the parliament council from which members were being thrown out of. Two coat-of-arms in the top corners.
 
Eylhar Lubinus [Lubin, Lübben, Lueben] (1565-1621) was a professor of poetry and Lutheran theology at the University of Rostock, Germany as well as a mathematician and a cartographer. 

The 30 Years War was a series of conflicts in Central Europe between 1618 to 1648, initially between various Protestant and Catholic countries of the Holy Roman Empire but eventually involving most of the great ruling powers.

fold as issued; printer’s creases; paper weakness with 2 tiny holes; o/w vg cond.