The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Battle of Rossbach, 1757
BATAILLE / DE / ROSBACH
c.1789Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:50,750 approx. | RCIN 731067.i
The key, which contains a brief account of the changing positions of the two armies for the hours before, during and after the battle, states that the battle 'commença à trois heures & demie après midi, & finit à cinq du soir' [1½ hours' duration].
Additional text: [below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE ROSBACH / entre les armées combinées de France & des cercles de l'Empire aux ordres des Princes de / Soubise & de Hildbourghausen, & les prussiens commandés par le Roi le 5. 9.bre 1757. [Followed by a key, A-I, K-V, X-Z:] RENVOIS.
Condition: good clean condition; a crisp impression with well defined platemarks.
L Therbu (active 1789) (cartographer and publisher) [bottom left, below edge of border:] Dessiné par Therbu Lieutenant Ingenieur.
George Joseph Cöntgen (active 1789) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] Gravé par Cöntgen Graveur de la Cour et de l'Université de Mayence.
Watermark: None
Condition: good clean condition; a crisp impression with well defined platemarks
Scale: 1:50,750 approx. Scale bar: Echelle 3000 Pas [48 mm =].
23.0 x 22.7 cm (neatline)
37.7 x 23.7 cm (image)
41.2 x 27.2 cm (platemark)
47.7 x 33.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
BATAILLE / DE / ROSBACH. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Printed title:
Lit: a Nro 9. [bottom right, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE ROSBACH / entre les armées combinées de France & des cercles de l'Empire aux ordres des Princes de / Soubise & de Hildbourghausen, & les prussiens commandés par le Roi le 5. 9.bre 1757. [Followed by a key, A-I, K-V, X-Z:] RENVOIS.
Annotations:
None
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Les Plans de la Guerre de sept ans, centenant les Batailles, Combats &.c (1756-1762) par le Lieut. Therbu. Fol. Explications en Langue Francoise. 8.vo Another copy of D.o printed on silk. Fol. Explanations in the German language. 8vo.
Subject(s)
Rossbach, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51°15'00"N 11°54'00"E)
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