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HOMANN'S HEIRS (1724-1848)

Bohemia, 1741-1742,

Theatre de la Guerre en Boheme representè pour l'histoire en l'an 1741 et 1742

c.1742

Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:400,000 approx. | RCIN 728038.d

A map of Bohemia showing the march routes of the French, Prussians, Austrians and Saxons in 1742. First Silesian War (1740-42): part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48).

The different armies are distinguished by colour, according to the key which is given in an ornamental cartouche, top right. Ammunition stores or Magazine, and places of action or battles, are shown by separate symbols.

One of four maps printed from separate copperplates on the same sheet of paper. This map is located bottom right. The other three are: 'Kriegs Karte von Schlesien 1741' (RCIN 728038.a); 'Les Environs de Czaslau avec le Plan de la Bataille d. 17 May 1742' (RCIN 728038.b); 'Repræsentation der den 10.t April 1742 bey dem Dorf Molwitz ... Action' (RCIN 728038.c).

Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre: water stained and abraded patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
  • Homann's Heirs (1724-1848) (publisher)

  • Watermark: The letters LM in a tablet

    Condition: one fold line. Verso: bottom centre: water stained and abraded patch from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

  • Scale: 1:400,000 approx. Scale bars: Milliar. Germanica 15 un. Gr. [128 mm =] 8; Milliar. Gallica 25 un. Gr. [25 mm =] 12.

    16.3 x 18.9 cm (image)

    17.1 x 20.2 cm (platemark)

    15.1 x 18.1 cm (neatline)

    54.3 x 63.2 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Theatre de la Guerre en Boheme representè pour l'histoire en l'an 1741 et 1742. [top, outside border]

    Printed title:

    Vorstellung / des / KRIEGS - / Schauplazes / im Kon. BOHMEN / A 1742. [top left, in cartouche embellished with the artefacts of war]

    Annotations:

    George III catalogue entry: Bohemia 1741-1742.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil, erased:] [?1740]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 22; [bottom right, black pencil:] Boheme; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 46; [right, centre, red pencil:] 46; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 7/4[?].

    George III catalogue entry:

    Silesia Kriegs Karte von Schlesien, 1741. Repræsentation der den 10 April 1741 bey dem Dorf Molwitz ohnweit Brieg vorgegangenen Action. Theatre de la Guerre en Boheme representé pour l'Histoire en 1741 et 1742. Les Environs de Czaslau avec le Plan de la Bataille du 17 May 1742 entre les Autrichiens et les Prussiens: chez les Heretiers d'Homann, 1742.

  • Subject(s)

    Bohemia [Czech Republic]

    Silesia​

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  • 14 March 2024