Hot Pamono Trondheim by Pufendorf, 1697

Antique print titled ‘Delineatio Urbis Nidrosiae vulgo Dronheem’. This bird’s-eye plan of Trondheim illustrates the attack on the city during the Dano-Swedish War. The siege began on September 28, 1658 with Dano-Norwegian forces attempting to overtake Trondheim from the Swedes. Finally on December 11 the Swedes were forced to surrender and vacate the city. The Dano-Norwegian ships in the harbor are depicted bombarding the town and the surrounding countryside is finely engraved to give a three-dimensional perspective. Very decorative naval and military-themed title cartouche and picture frame-style border. This engraving was published in Baron von Pufendorf’s work on the history of the Swedish wars titled ‘Sieben Bucher von denen Thaten Carl Gustavs Konigs in Schweden’.