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.f
This sheet extends from Michelbach (Michelbach, Hesse, Germany 50°13ʹ41ʺN 08°03ʹ31ʺE) in the top left corner, to Hanau (Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany 50°08ʹ03ʺN 08°54ʹ51ʺE) in the top right corner, and from Offenheim (Offenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 49°43ʹ32ʺN 08°01ʹ49ʺE) in the bottom left corner to Albersbach (Albersbach, Hesse, Germany 49°37ʹ41ʺN 08°43ʹ44ʺE) in the bottom right corner.
Condition: one fold line; creased. 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: Crowned eagle; countermark: FIN DE [cropped heart] TAMIZIER AUVERGNE / 1782
Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: surface dirt
Scale: 1:88,000 approx.
57.8 x 56.8 cm (neatline)
59.1 x 57.7 cm (image)
59.5 x 66.3 cm (platemark)
60.8 x 69.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
6.e 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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