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Ein schön new Lied/ Vnd Wahrer Verlauff/ von der Schlacht/ so Anno 1656. den 24. Jenner/ von Löbl. Statt Lucern ...

1656 · [David Hautt d.Ä.] · 1 picture

A 1656 German-language broadside ballad printed in Switzerland, published by David Hautt the Elder, recounting the battle of Villmergen fought on 24 January between Lucerne and the Bernese forces. Its single woodcut shows two armed soldiers in period dress, one with a halberd or pike and one with a sword and shield, set beneath dense blackletter type on a yellowed sheet.

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