Other 17th-century conflicts
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.c
A small flap, coloured in pale blue, and showing different details, is pasted to the base map, top right, at 'Hafft'. The map extends from the forest to the north-west of Rippersweiller (Reipertswiller, Alsace, France 48°55ʹ58ʺN 07°27ʹ54ʺE) in the top left corner to the woodlands east of Catbach (Gallenbach, Baden-Württemberg, German 48°44ʹ15ʺN 08°10ʹ45ʺE) in the top right corner, and from south-west of the Bois d'Abrecheville (Forêt d'Abreschviller, Lorraine, France 48°34ʹ31ʺN 07°10ʹ19ʺE), touching on the River Sarre (perhaps the River Soye), to Lohr (Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 48°20ʹ26ʺN 07°52ʹ08ʺE) in the bottom right corner.
Condition: one fold line; crease marks. 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: Indistinct: [a crowned eagle; countermark: FIN DE [cropped heart] TAMIZIER AUVERGNE / 1782]
Condition: one fold line; crease marks. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:88,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de 2400 Toises de France [53 mm =].
58.6 x 79.8 cm (neatline)
60.5 x 80.8 cm (image)
60.8 cm x [cropped] (platemark)
61.6 x 85.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
3e P[lanche]. [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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