The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Liegnitz, 1760
BATAILLE / DE / LIGNITZ
c.1789Engraving and etching; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:103,400 approx. | RCIN 731067.o
The key gives a short account of the movements leading up to, and the action during, the battle which began 'à la pointe du jour et finit vers les 6 heures du matin.'
Additional text: [below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE LIGNITZ, / Qui se donna entre sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse et les Imperiaux sous le Commandement du / General de Laudon le 15. Aout 1760. [Followed by a key, A-I, K-U:] RENVOIS.
Condition: good clean condition; a crisp impression with well defined platemarks.
L Therbu (active 1789) (cartogtrapher 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: NoneCondition: good clean condition; a crisp impression with well defined platemarks
Scale: 1:103,400 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un Mille d’Allem. [37 mm = ½].
23.0 x 22.8 cm (neatline)
37.9 x 23.5 cm (image)
41.4 x 28.0 cm (platemark)
47.7 x 33.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
BATAILLE / DE / LIGNITZ. [top right, in rectangular panel]
Printed title:
Lit. a Nro 23. [bottom right, outside neatline]
Additional text:
[below map, in rectangular panel:] BATAILLE DE LIGNITZ, / Qui se donna entre sa Majesté le Roi de Prusse et les Imperiaux sous le Commandement du / General de Laudon le 15. Aout 1760. [Followed by a key, A-I, K-U:] 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)
Legnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (51°12'36"N 16°09'42"E)
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