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Other 17th-century conflicts

Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars

JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES DE BEAURAIN (1728-C. 1785)

Map of the Rhine, 1674-5

c.1782

Etching and engraving; printed from two copperplates on two pieces of paper, joined | Scale: 1:88,000 approx. | RCIN 724008.e

A map of the Rhine (one of six sheets) showing the campaigns of the French and German armies in 1674 and 1675. Franco-Dutch War (1672-8). Oriented with north to top. For the other five sheets, see RCINs 724008.a-d, f.

The medallion which appears, top right, refers to the success of Marshal Turenne in 1674. A man dressed in Roman military costume holds the standard of France and pursues his enemies; he leaves behind him an aquatic god which represents the River Neckar. The legend reads: the Germans flee for the second time beyond the Neckar (in Latin: Germanis Iterum Fusis ad Nicrum). (Beaurain, 1782, p.viii.).

The sheet extends from Walheim (Walheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°43ʹ04ʺN 08°06ʹ22ʺE) in the top left corner to Eberstadt (Eberstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 49°28ʹ38ʺN 09°22ʹ01ʺE) in the top right corner, and from Helmstein (Elmstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°22ʹ00ʺN 07°56ʹ00ʺE) in the bottom left corner to Walhem (Walheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 49°00ʹ51ʺN 09°09ʹ04ʺE) in the bottom right corner.

Condition: two fold lines. Verso: surface dirt.
  • Jean-Baptiste Jacques de Beaurain (1728-c. 1785) (cartographer and publisher)

    Berlin (active 1782) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Berlin Sculp

    la Dame veuve Dutertre (printer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
    Army-Germany
  • Watermark: D [heart] TAMAZIER

    Condition: two fold lines. Verso: surface dirt

  • Scale: 1:88,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2400 Toises de France [53 mm =].

    58.8 x 105.2 cm (neatline)

    60.2 x 106.3 cm (image)

    cropped (platemark)

    61.3 x 109.0 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    5.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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  • 21 July 2024