Mirror fight in honor of the visit of the Russian legation to Amsterdam, August 1697, Description of the water entertainment, by order der Ed. Magistrate of the City of Amsterdam, in honor of the Great Muscovite Legation, appointed on the first of September 1697 (title on object), Mirror Battle on the IJ organized by the city council in honor of the visit of the Russian legation with Tsar Peter the Great to Amsterdam, September 1, 1697. Visitors watch the simulated battle from yachts. With a printed text in two columns in Dutch below and partly over the plate with a list of the participating

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