How to illustrate natural disasters on an #earlymodern #broadside?

After the enormous #landslide of 1618 in #Piuro (then a city within the Three Leagues, Raetia) that wiped out the city and killed thousands, a #Zurich based printer came up with this idea: using a liftable flap. The flap offers a before and after scenario; a reading engagement with the catastrophe. The printed flap is the #mudslide.

#bookhistory #histodons #naturaldisaster #NewsHistory

Access: http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/ip-18/start.htm

How to illustrate natural disasters in early modern broadsides?

After the enormous landslide of 1618 in #Piuro (then a city within the Three Leagues, Raetia) that wiped out the city and killed thousands, a Zurich based printer came up with this idea: using a liftable flap. The flap offers a before and after scenario; a reading engagement with the catastrophe. The printed flap is the mudslide. #bookhistory #histodons #naturaldisaster

Access the print (VD17 23:676381V): http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/ip-18/start.htm