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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 Rheinberg, 1758 (Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°33'00"N 06°36'00"E

1765

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:46,800 approx. | RCIN 732001.m

A map of the the action between the Allied army, under the command of Ferdinand of Brunswick, and the French, under the command of Clermont, at Kloster Kamp (Kamp Abbey) west of Rheinberg on 12 June 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).

Additional text: [top left, in rococo cartouche, a key, which gives details of the movements of the various regiments, A-G, I, K-R:] EXPLICATION des LETTRES.

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, 1765.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Allied army (Seven Years' War, 1756-63)
    Army-France
  • Watermark: None visible

    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: 3000 Pas [52 mm =].

    44.2 x 33.3 cm (neatline)

    45.5 x 33.6 cm (image)

    47.0 x 34.9 cm (platemark)

    64.7 x 46.7 cm (sheet)

  • Printed titles

    PLAN / de / L’AFFAIRE / de / RHINBERGUE / le 12 de Juin 1758. / contenant les Mouvements de l’Armée / depuis le 8 jusqu’au 13 de Juin. [bottom right, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [top left, in rococo cartouche, a key, which gives details of the movements of the various regiments, A-G, I, K-R:] EXPLICATION des LETTRES.

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 13. (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)

    Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°33'00"N 06°36'00"E)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024