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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

L THERBU (ACTIVE 1789)

Germany, 1756-62

'PROSPECTUS'

c.1789

Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | 39.6 x 27.3 cm (neatline) | RCIN 731067.a

A title-page for a volume of forty-six maps of the battles, sieges and encampments in Germany during the Seven Years War. Seven Years War (1756-63).

  • L Therbu (active 1789) (publisher and cartographer)

    George Joseph Cöntgen (active 1789) (engraver) [bottom right, outside neatline:] Dessiné & Gravé par G. Jos: Cöntgen à Francfort.

  • Watermark: Indistinct: [L BLAU?]

    Condition: no fold lines. Ink smudges; dirty; brown marks; foxing. Verso: one crease mark; foxing; dirty; offset image from facing map

  • 39.6 x 27.3 cm (neatline)

    40.0 x 27.8 cm (image)

    44.9 x 28.8 cm (platemark)

    47.7 x 33.8 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    ‘PROSPECTUS’ [a tree trunk supports fruiting branches on which 25 scrolls list 75 actions of the Seven Years War; at the foot of the tree trunk an allegorical figure of Victory holding a sheathed sword sits above the bodies of two vanquished soldiers. On a scroll, bottom left:] Les PLANS / de la guerre de Sept ans / contenant / les Batailles, Combats, / Prises de Villes, Camps, / dessinés / par L. Therbu, Lieut: Ingen= / gravés et mis au jour / aux dépens / d l’Auteur même / à Maiënce. [bottom centre, inside neatline:] C.P.S.C.M. [Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesaris Maiestatis.]

    Additional text:

    [above title scroll, a key to the colours:] Les differentes Trouppes et Re- / tranchements seront distingués / par les Couleurs Suivantes / Les Impériaux [green] / Prussiens et les Alliés [lilac/purple] / Russes [pale brown] / François [pale orange] / Saxons [dark blue] / Ceux de l'Empire [dark orange] / les Suedois [light blue].

    [Centre, below a laurel wreath from which sunrays spring, a description of the merits of the publication; begins:] L'Auteur assure, que tous les Plans sont / tirés des meilleures Sources, dressés avec le plus / grand soin, et dessinés au plus exact …

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XI / [?]. (Verso) 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.

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  • 14 March 2024