The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of Mehr, 1758 (Mehr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°44'00"N 06°29'00"E
1766Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand-coloured | Scale: 1:46,800 approx. | RCIN 732001.p
This map covers much of the same area, and at the same scale as RCIN 732001.m. The map of Mehr, although showing very similar detail, and almost identical in places, to RCIN 732001.m, appears to be a new plate.
Additional text: [below title, in title cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the armies, A-I, K-M.]
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) [top left, below title and key, in title cartouche:] F.W. 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, 1766.
Subject(s)
Army-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: 1:46,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un l’ieu d’Allemagne 6000 Pas [104 mm =].
49.3 x 33.3 cm (neatline)
50.7 x 33.7 cm (image)
51.9 x 35.0 cm (platemark)
63.7 x 47.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / de / l’AFFAIRE de MEER / entre les Corps de Mr le Gr d’Imhoff et / Mr le L. Gr de Chevert le 5 d’Aout 1758. / avec les diffts Mouvements de l’Armée Alliée / depuis le 4 jusqu’au 8 d’Aout. [top left, in rococo cartouche]
Additional text:
[below title, in title cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the armies, A-I, K-M.]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 16. (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)
Mehr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°44'00"N 06°29'00"E)
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3 November 2024
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