The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Münster, 1758
PLAN / Des MOUVEMENTS de L’ARMÉE / depuis le 26 jusqu’au 31 de May / de meme / depuis le 12. d’Aout jusqu’au Sept. 1758
1766Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:98,000 approx. | RCIN 732001.r
The area covered is irregular, bounded on the west by the River Rhine with Emmerich (51°50'00"N 06°15'00"E) at the north-west corner; on the south by the River Imscher with an extrusion across the neatline to include Duisburg (51°26'00"N 06°45'00"E); extends east as far as Lüdinghausen (51°46'00"N 07°28'00"E) but also includes Münster. The distance is about 80 km (about 50 miles) west to east and about 53 km (33 miles) north to south.
Additional text: [top left, to right of title, in extended cartouche, a key to the camps with their dates and locations, A-I, K-T, V-W, Z, Aa-Ee.]
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume. Verso: some induced discolouration.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [top left, below title, in title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)
Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)
Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Grave Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, MDCCLXVI.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume. Verso: some induced discolouration
Scale: 1:98,000 approx. Scale bar: 1 Mil. [78 mm =].
53.1 x 90.6 cm (neatline)
55.6 x 55.7 cm (image)
56.9 x 93.7 cm (platemark)
64.7 x 92.8 cm (sheet, top edge of sheet 95.1 cm)
Printed title:
PLAN / Des MOUVEMENTS de L’ARMÉE / depuis le 26 jusqu’au 31 de May / de meme / depuis le 12. d’Aout jusqu’au Sept. 1758. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, to right of title, in extended cartouche, a key to the camps with their dates and locations, A-I, K-T, V-W, Z, Aa-Ee.]
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, slightly cropped:] 18.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.
Subject(s)
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°57'44"N 07°37'32"E)
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14 March 2024
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