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Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764)
Battle of Rossbach, 1757
Battle of Rossbach, 1757
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE, / Gagnée par SA MAJESTÉ le ROI DE PRUSSE, contre les Armées combinées de l’Empire & de France, près de ROSBACH, le 5 Novembre, 1757 1758
Etched and engraved map and letterpress text printed on same sheet of paper | Scale: 1:101,500 approx. | RCIN 732041
Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764)
Map of the Battle of Rossbach, 1757 (Rossbach, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) 51?15'00"N 11?54'00"E 1758
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A map of the Battle of Rossbach, fought on 5 November 1757 between the Prussians, commanded by Frederick the Great (1712-86), and the French and Austrians, commanded by Charles, prince de Soubise (1715-87), and Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1702-87), resulting in a Prussian victory. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top (compass rose).
The battle stretched over an area of about 11 km (6.8 miles).
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Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom, below text:] A LA HAYE, CHEZ PIERRE DE HONDT, 1758.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, between border and platemark:] J.V. Schley, direx.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lys over uncertain device: a head in profile? [not in Heawood]; countermark: P TOMAS / FIN [following name is indecipherable]
Condition: one fold line; a 7.0 cm tear along bottom of fold; creased; water-stained patch, with brown staining on both sides from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label, verso, bottom centre
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Scale: 1:101,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'une Lieue d'Allemagne ou 10000 Pas [80 mm =].
32.2 x 41.2 cm (neatline)
41.8 x 43.9 cm (image)
34.0 x 43.2 cm (platemark)
32.8 x 41.6 cm (image of map)
42.5 x 54.5 cm (sheet)
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Printed title:
PLAN DE LA BATAILLE, / Gagnée par SA MAJESTÉ le ROI DE PRUSSE, contre les Armées combinées de l’Empire & de France, près de ROSBACH, le 5 Novembre, 1757. [across top of map, outside platemark, letterpress]
Additional text:
[below map, outside platemark, letterpress; a key, I-V, A-I, K-Q, 1-4, to the detail on the map.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Rosbach 5 Nov. 1757.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Rosbach Plan de la Bataille gagnée par le Roi de Prusse, contre les Armées combinées de l’Empire et de France pres de Rosbach, le 5 Novembre 1757: par I. v. Schley, chez P. de Hondt, 1758.
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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)
Rossbach, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51°15'00"N 11°54'00"E)
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