Russo-Turkish Wars
The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92
Choczim, 1769
PLAN / dé l’Attaque et dela dé = / = faite des Turcs par les / trouppes Imp:les de Russie / dans la nuit du 6 au 7 - / Sept:bre de l’Année 1769. / après qu’ils furent coupés / deleur camp, leur pont sur / le Dnéster étant rompu...
1773Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: not stated. 1:38,600 approx. | RCIN 733072.e
This map covers exactly the same geographical area as RCIN 733072.c. Different Russian positions are shown and hordes of fleeing Turks are depicted on the left bank of the Dniestr.
Map no. V in: Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie, et particulièrement de la campagne de 1769 by Louis Félix Guinement de Keralio, with notes by Prince A.M. Golitsuin, St Petersbourg, 1773. See RCINs 733072.a-d, f-i for the other maps.
Condition: three fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, below edge of border:] J. V. Schley, S. direx.
? Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (publisher)
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, indistinct device below; countermark: three words/names, one above the other: P TOH[?] S [or ‘&’] / FIN / DANGOUMOIS
Condition: three fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
Scale: not stated. 1:38,600 approx.
34.8 x 47.0 cm (neatline)
36.5 x 47.7 cm (image)
37.4 x 49.4 cm (platemark)
38.6 x 50.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / dé l’Attaque et dela dé = / = faite des Turcs par les / trouppes Imp:les de Russie / dans la nuit du 6 au 7 - / Sept:bre de l’Année 1769. / après qu’ils furent coupés / deleur camp, leur pont sur / le Dnéster étant rompu / par l’accroissement des eaux. [top right, above edge of border:] N.o V. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Turky 1769.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Turky Nine Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and the Turks in 1769: engraved under the direction of J. v. Schley (These belong to the Histoire de la Guerre entre la Russie et la Turquie et particulierement de la Campagne de 1769. 8.vo (V.5, p.105). [The place mark entry is annotated in early black pencil:] Book not found BM? [A subsequent annotation in black pencil reads:] Lettered a-i, they are in their box. 4-iii 1987 CMB. [By ‘box’ in this context, is meant the old Solander boxes in which the maps were kept before the 1990s.]
Subject(s)
Khotyn, Chernivets'ka, Ukraine (48°30'24"N 26°29'28")
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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