Hand col. outlines engraving, 13.5 x 16 cm. on sheet 32 x 20.6 cm. ;[Vol. VIII] chap. 9, pp. 1355-56 folio leaf with Hondius map inserted in lower half. Page heading "Terrible Turkish Executions. G. Sors Campe". ;Title cartouche in lower left "Hungaria". ;Includes place names, hydrology and pictorial relief. ;Map is reduced version of Mercator's Hvngaria first published by Hondius in Atlas Minor, 1607. ;English text describes the advance of the Turkish army on Hatvan and Eger in 1596. ;On verso: "1356 maner of the G.[Grand] Signiors March, Martiall Law, huge Armie, LIB. VIII. ;Source: S. Purchas "Purchas his Pilgrimes", London 1625. ;Additional description available in J. Eugene Horvath's: A Canadian collection of Hungarica [CCH]. v. 2, Maps & city views 1493-1817. (Library has book). ;Map from the Horvath Collection [CCH-37].

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