Battle of Sahay, 1742

BATAILLE DE SAHAY en Boheme du 25. May 1742. / Premiere Disposition / Sahay en Feu // Seconde Disposition / Combat / / ...

George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, following on from main title:] A Paris chès le S.^r le Rouge rue des Grands Augustins.

Watermark: Maltese cross in ‘rosary’

Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre, water-stained patch and tear in paper from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label; remnants of label remain

Scale: 1:35,000 approx. Scale bar: Echelle [69 mm =] ½ Lieue.

31.4 x 46.4 cm (image of whole object)

32.7 x 48.1 cm (neatline of whole map)

13.9 x 15.9 cm (neatline of left map)

13.9 x 14.1 cm (neatline of middle map)

13.9 x 15.7 cm (neatline of right map)

38.1 x 54.9 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

BATAILLE DE SAHAY en Boheme du 25. May 1742. / [left to right:] Premiere Disposition / Sahay en Feu // Seconde Disposition / Combat // Troisieme Disposition / l'Armée en Bataille attend le lendemain. [three maps on one sheet; top, outside border]

Additional text:

[bottom, below each map, an explanation and key to symbols.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Battle of Sahay 25 May 1742.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] FJ; [top right, black pencil:] 1742; [bottom right, black pencil:] 7; [bottom right, black pencil: an illegible figure, crossed out]; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 32; [right, centre, red pencil:] 32; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 7/43.

George III catalogue entry:

Sahay Trois Plans de la Bataille de Sahay en Boheme du 25 May 1742: chez le Rouge.