French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war
Champagne and Lorraine, 1792
MEMOIRE / DE LA / CAMPAGNE DES ARMÉES COMBINÉES, / DANS L’ANNE 1792
1793Letterpress booklet: pp.14; sig: A2; B; B2; one fold-out map bound in at front; no cover; pink paper spine. | 21.3 x 17.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 735007.1.a
Letterpress account of the operations of the Combined army (Prussia, Austria, Hesse) in northern France in 1792. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802): War of the First Coalition (1792-8).
Dedicated to Charles Philippe, comte d'Artois (1757-1836), later Charles X of France, this memoir gives a detailed account of the campaign of the combined Prussian, Austrian and Hessian army under the command of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1806), in northern France from August to October 1792. The memoir is accompanied by a map (RCIN 735007.1.b) the conventions and abbreviations of which are explained in the text.
The comte d'Artois came to England in 1792 and it is possible that he, or his ADC, brought with him the source materials for the compilation of the map which accompanied this memoir. The Aides-de-Camp to the comte in 1792 included the future General Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre Vauban (1754-1816) grandson of Antoine Le Prestre de Vauban.
William Faden (1 July 1749-21 March 1836) (publisher) [bottom of title page:] A LONDRES: / CHEZ W. FADEN, GEOGRAPHE DU ROI, ET DE SON ALTESSE ROYALE / LE PRINCE DE GALLES, CHARING-CROSS. / 1793.
Charles X, King of France (1757-1836) (dedicatee)
Watermark: None
Condition: slight brown discolouration
21.3 x 17.8 cm (whole object)
Printed title:
MEMOIRE / DE LA / CAMPAGNE DES ARMÉES COMBINÉES, / DANS L’ANNE 1792.
Dedication:
[following title page, on sig. A2:] A SON ALTESSE ROYALE / LE COMTE D'ARTOIS … Le tres humble et tres / obéissant serviteur, / L'UN DES AIDES DE CAMP DE / VOTRE ALTESSE ROYAL.
Annotations:
George III heading: Encampments in Champagne and Lorraine, 1792.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampment Carte de la Campagne des Armées combinées en Champagne et Lorraine, en 1792: avec une Memoire, chez Faden, 1793. 4.o [The same entry appears under the headings Champagne and Lorraine.]
Subject(s)
Administrative region of Champagne-Ardenne, France
Administrative region of Lorraine, France
Bibliographic reference(s)
L-G. Michaud, "Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre de Vauban", in Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers, 2e édition, 1843–1865
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