The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Lutterberg and Sandershausen, 1758 (Lutterberg, Niedersachsen, Germany) 51°22'23"N 09°36'52"E; (Sandershausen, Hesse, Germany) 51°19'00"N 09°33'00"E
1766Etching and engraving; printed on paper; two engraved flaps printed from separate copperplates on separate sheets of paper and pasted to the base map; hand coloured | Scale: 1:73,500 approx. | RCIN 732001.q
Two paper flaps are pasted to the base map, each showing different troop positions. The pasting positions are indicated by pecked lines on the base map.
Additional text: [top left, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops, A-I, K:] l'Affaire de SANGERSHAUSEN. [and, another key to the actions and movements of troops, L-T, V-X, Z, AA-DD:] l'Affaire de LUTTERNBERG.
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 right, below title, in 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:] Grave Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1766.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)Watermark: The monogram PvL
Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume
Scale: 1:73,500 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un Lieue d’Allemagne. 6000 Pas [104 mm].
49.2 x 59.3 cm (neatline)
50.4 x 59.6 cm (image)
51.1 x 60.5 cm (platemark)
63.9 x 93.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / des Affaires de / SANGERSHAUSEN / et de / LUTTERNBERG, / dont / la Premiere se donna le 23 Juillet entre le Corps / du Prince d’ISENBOURG et M.r le Duc de BROGLIO / et / la Seconde le 10 Octob. entre le Corps / de M.r le L. G. d’OBERG et celui de M.r le Prince de SOUBISE / l’an 1758. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[top left, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops, A-I, K:] l'Affaire de SANGERSHAUSEN. [and, another key to the actions and movements of troops, L-T, V-X, Z, AA-DD:] l'Affaire de LUTTERNBERG.
Annotations:
(Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 17.
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)
Lutterberg, Niedersachsen, Germany (51°22'23"N 09°36'52"E)
Sandershausen, Hesse, Germany (51°19'00"N 09°33'00"E)
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