Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of the Rhine, 1674-5
c.1782Etching and engraving; printed on one sheet of paper | Scale: 1:88,000 approx. | RCIN 724008.b
The map extends from Vich (Wisches, Alsace, France 48°30ʹ31ʺN 07°16ʹ09ʺE) in the top left corner, to east of Etten Munster (Ettenheim Münster, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 48°14ʹ29ʺN 07°53ʹ09ʺE) in the top right corner, and from approximately Cachemont (Sachemont, Lorraine, France 48°08ʹ20ʺN 06°58ʹ05ʺE) in the bottom left corner to Munster Thal (Münstertal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 47°51ʹ17ʺN 07°47ʹ03ʺE) in the bottom right corner.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt.
Jean-Baptiste Jacques de Beaurain (1728-c. 1785) (cartographer and publisher)
Berlin (active 1782) (engraver)
la Dame veuve Dutertre (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GermanyWatermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:88,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2400 Toises de France [53 mm =].
58.3 x 76.1 cm (neatline)
60.6 x 77.3 cm (image)
[cropped] x 84.2 cm (platemark)
61.1 x 85.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
2.e P. [top right, above edge of border]
Annotations:
George III heading: Rhine 1674, 1675.
Other annotations: None.
George III catalogue entry:
Rhine Carte topographique du Cours du Rhin depuis Basle jusqu’a Mayence, sur laquelle on a tracé les mouvements et les positions des Armées Francoises et Allemandes pendant les campagnes de 1674 et 1675: par le Chev.er de Beaurain. 6 feuilles.
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