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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

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

FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON BAUER (1731-83)

Map of Harburg, 1757 (Harburg, Hamburg, Germany) 53°28'00"N 09°59'00"E

1769

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: [1:34,800 approx.] | RCIN 732001.h

A map of the siege of French-held Harbourg by the Hanoverians, 28 November-27 December 1757. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top.

Additional text: [below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-I.]

Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom of title cartouche:] F.W. de Bawr.

    Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)

    Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)

    Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside border:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J. v. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1765.

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
  • Watermark: None visible

    Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volum

  • Scale: [1:34,800 approx.] Scale bar [7 mm =] 300 unspecified units [Schritte?]

    53.4 x 34.5 cm (neatline)

    54.3 x 34.9 cm (image)

    56.5 x 35.9 cm (platemark)

    63.7 x 46.6 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    SIÉGE du CHATEAU / de / HARBOURG / du 28.me Nov: au 27 Decembr. 1757. [top left, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [below title, in title cartouche, a key, A-I.]

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 8. (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.

  • Subject(s)

    Harburg, Hamburg, Germany (53°28'00"N 09°59'00"E)

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  • 3 November 2024