Silesia, 1741

THEATRE / DE LA GUERRE / EN SILESIE / NOUVELLE CARTE

George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [top right, following on from title, in title cartouche:] Par le Rouge. / Ingenieur Geog.^phe du ROY et de son / A.S. M.^gr / LE COMTE / DE CLERMONT; [below cartouche:] Avec Privilege du Roy 1741; [bottom right, between text and scale bars:] A PARIS / Chez l'Auteur rue des gr.^ds / Augustins vis-à-vis le Panier fleury.

Watermark: [1742]

Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of and ghosting from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:600,000 approx. Scale bars: Lieues d'une Heure de Chemin. [51 mm = 6]; Miles d'Allemagne 15 au Degré. [58 mm =] 5.

47.8 x 62.3 cm (neatline)

49.5 x 64.0 cm (image)

50.8 x 65.1 cm (platemark)

52.8 x 67.3 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

THEATRE / DE LA GUERRE / EN SILESIE / NOUVELLE CARTE. [top right, in ornamental cartouche surmounted by the Prussian crown and eagle, flanked by standards and guidons]

Additional text:

REMARQUES. [right, below title cartouche, a brief geographical account of the region and a key to the different positions occupied by the Austrian and Prussian armies from 20 March to 13 October 1741]

Inset:

[bottom left:] PLAN DE BRESLAW / CAPITALE DE LA SILESIE. Scale: 1:9,000 approx. Scale bar: [33 mm = 150] To.[ises]. Size: 15.1 x 21.6 cm (neatline). 

Annotations:

George III heading: Silesia 4 April - 13 Oct.^r 1741.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] 18; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 43; [right, centre, red pencil:] 43; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] [?] Theatre.

George III catalogue entry:

Silesia Theatre de la Guerre en Silesie depuis le 4 Avril jusqu'au 13 Oct.^re 1741: par le Rouge, 1741.

Bibliographic reference(s)

A map of the march routes and encampments of the Prussian and Austrian armies during the 1741 campaign. First Silesian War (1740-42): part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). Oriented with north to top.