The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Gross-Jägersdorf, 1757
BATAILLE / De / GROS=JAEGERNDORFF
c.1789Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:42,300 approx. | RCIN 731067.v
The key gives a brief account of troop movements before, during, and just after the battle which began at 6 am and ended at 8 am.
Additional text: [below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE GROS=JAEGERNDORFF. / entre les Russes commandés par le Maréchal d'Apraxin et les Prussiens / aux ordres du Maréchal de Lehwald le 30 Aout 1757. [Followed by an alphabetical key:] 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: 1:42,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle 2500 Pas [48 mm =].
23.0 x 22.7 cm (neatline)
37.7 x 23.5 cm (image)
41.1 x 28.3 cm (platemark)
47.7 x 33.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
BATAILLE / De / GROS=JAEGERNDORFF. [bottom left, in rectangular panel]
Printed title:
Lib: b. Nro 3. [bottom right, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE GROS=JAEGERNDORFF. / entre les Russes commandés par le Maréchal d'Apraxin et les Prussiens / aux ordres du Maréchal de Lehwald le 30 Aout 1757. [Followed by an alphabetical key:] 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)
Village abandoned after 1945; near Mezhdurech’ye, Kaliningrad, Russia (54°37'27"N 21°31'17"E)
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