The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Germany, 1758-9
THEATRE DE LA GUERRE EN ALLEMAGNE, AVEC LES PRINCIPALES MARCHES DES ARMÉES, 1758-1759
1759Etching; printed on paper; laid down on linen | Scale: 1:2,285,400 approx. | RCIN 732047
The main march routes appear to be shown by dashed lines, while the dotted lines represent administrative boundaries. Some battle sites are shown by crossed swords, together with an abbreviated date.
Inset: [top left, part of the Baltic coast at the same scale as the main map.] Size: 6.5 x 9.0 cm (image).
Additional text: [bottom left, below edge of border, a note on the origin for the geographical co-ordinates:] Selon l’Orig. de Berlin.
Condition: several fold lines; brown stains and foxing on verso.
J.C. Back (active 1758-c.1780) (engraver) [bottom right, between border and platemark, engraver:] I.C. Back sculps. Frfrt. 1759.
Watermark: None
Condition: several fold lines; brown stains and foxing on verso
Scale: 1:2,285,400 approx. Scale bar: Milles d'Allemagne 15 au degré [35 mm =] 10.
21.8 x 37.1 cm (neatline)
22.9 x 37.3 cm (image)
23.1 [top trimmed] x 37.7 cm (platemark)
23.5 x 38.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
THEATRE DE LA GUERRE EN ALLEMAGNE, AVEC LES PRINCIPALES MARCHES DES ARMÉES, 1758-1759. [across top of map]
Inset:
[top left, part of the Baltic coast at the same scale as the main map.] Size: 6.5 x 9.0 cm (image).
Additional text:[bottom left, below edge of border, a note on the origin for the geographical co-ordinates:] Selon l’Orig. de Berlin.
Annotations:
George III heading: Germany 1758-1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 13/46; [top left, black pencil:] XVI/1; [top right, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] Theatre.
George III catalogue entry:
Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne, avec les principales Marches des Armées, 1758, 1759: par J.C. Back, 1759.
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