Search "" as a keyword...
Filter suggestionsContinue typing to see suggestions...
Other 17th-century conflicts

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

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

Rhine, 1674-5

2.e P[lanche]

c.1782

Etching and engraving; printed on one sheet of paper | Scale: 1:88,000 approx. | RCIN 724008.b

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, c-f.

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)

  • Watermark: 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.

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024