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Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764)
Battle of Bergen, 1759
Battle of Bergen, 1759
BATAILLE DE BERGEN, / près Francfort, gagnée par M. le DUC DE BROGLIE, Lieutenant-Général des Armées du ROI, & Commandant / l’Armée du Mayn, sur l’Armée des Alliés, aux ordres de M. le PRINCE FERDINAND, le 13 Avril 1759 1759
Etching and engraving with letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper; hand colouring | Scale: 1:24,900 approx. | RCIN 732093
A map of the Battle of Bergen fought on 13 April 1759 between the French, commanded by the duc de Broglie (Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718-1804), Marshal of France) and the Allied army, commanded by Prince Ferdinand (Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick; Field Marshal, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1721-92), resulting in a French victory. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with west-north-west to top (compass rose).
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Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom, below text:] A LA HAYE, chez PIERRE DE HONDT, 1759.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] J.v. Schley direx.
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Watermark: Pro Patria
Condition: no fold lines
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Scale: 1:24,900 approx. Scale bar: 600 Toises [47 mm =].
26.5 x 23.3 cm (neatline)
37.1 x 23.6 cm (image)
28.1 x 24.8 cm (platemark)
27.1 x 23.6 cm (image of map)
39.1 x 31.6 cm (sheet)
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Printed title:
BATAILLE DE BERGEN, / près Francfort, gagnée par M. le DUC DE BROGLIE, Lieutenant-Général des Armées du ROI, & Commandant / l’Armée du Mayn, sur l’Armée des Alliés, aux ordres de M. le PRINCE FERDINAND, le 13 Avril 1759. [top, above platemark, letterpress]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, explanation to the letters, A-I, K-S, X-Y, on the map, letterpress:] Explication des Lettres relatives au Plan.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Bergen 13 April 1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Battle of Bergen 13 April 1759; [bottom left, below old heading, black pencil:] 13 April. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen Plan de la Bataille de Bergen pres de Fracfort, gagnée par le Duc de Broglie sur l’Armée des Alliées aux ordres du Prince Ferdinand, le 13 Avril 1759: par J.v. Schley. chez P. de Hondt, 1759.
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Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Subject(s)
Bergen-Enkheim, Hesse, Germany (50°09'00"N 08°45'00"E)
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