Russo-Turkish Wars
The wars of 1735–9, 1768–74 and 1787–92
Ochakov, 1787
CARTE / der Landung und / Attaque der Türken / bei Kinburn den 12ten Oct / 1787
c.1790Etched map with letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:186,000 approx. | RCIN 734104.3.a
This is one of fifteen numbered maps and views published by Trattnern relating to the Russo-Turkish War. See also RCINs 734104.3.b-o.
Additional text: [bottom right of map, in cartouche designed as a scroll, a descriptive key, a-i, k-m, to the action:] ERKLÆRUNG. [Below map, a descriptive key, a-i, k-m, letterpress text, in French:] Explication. / Descente à terre et attaque faites par les Turcs à Kinburn, le 12 Octobre 1787.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Johann Thomas von Trattnern (1717-98) (publisher) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Wien bei Thomas Edlen v’ Trattnern K:K: Hofbuchdruck; [bottom right of letterpress text below map:] CHEZ JEAN THOM, Noble de TRATTNERN, Impr. et Libr. de la Cour.
Watermark: Cropped: [a crown above a shield]
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:186,000 approx. Scale bars: [86 mm =] 2 Meilen; [86 mm =] 15 Werste;
18.9 x 23.4 cm (neatline)
24.0 x 23.4 cm (image)
20.5 x 25.1 cm (platemark)
26.8 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
CARTE / der Landung und / Attaque der Türken / bei Kinburn den 12ten Oct / 1787. [bottom left, lettering is engraved in the sail of a boat with figures wearing Turkish head dress]
Printed title:
N: I. [top right, above edge of border]
Additional text:
[bottom right of map, in cartouche designed as a scroll, a descriptive key, a-i, k-m, to the action:] ERKLÆRUNG. [Below map, a descriptive key, a-i, k-m, letterpress text, in French:] Explication. / Descente à terre et attaque faites par les Turcs à Kinburn, le 12 Octobre 1787.
Annotations:
George III heading: 15 Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and Austrians and the Turks; from the 1.st of Oct. 1787 to the 20.th of Dec. 1788.
Other inscriptions: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XVIII/29 [?]. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Turky Fifteen Plans of the Operations of the War in Turky between the Russians and Austrians and the Turks, from the 1.st of Oct.r 1787 to the 20.th of Dec.r 1788: by T.E. v. Trattnern.
Subject(s)
Ochakov, Mykolayivs'ka, Ukraine (46°36'46"N 31°32'59"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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