The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Map of the Battle of Bergen, 1759 (Bergen-Enkheim, Hesse, Germany) 50°09'00"N 08°45'00"E
1759Etching and engraving with letterpress text printed on the same sheet of paper; hand colouring | Scale: 1:24,900 approx. | RCIN 732093
Additional text: [bottom, below map, explanation to the letters, A-I, K-S, X-Y, on the map, letterpress:] Explication des Lettres relatives au Plan.
Condition: no fold lines.
Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom, below text:] A LA HAYE, chez PIERRE DE HONDT, 1759.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of border:] J.v. Schley direx.
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-HanoverArmy-HesseArmy-GBArmy-SaxonyWatermark: Pro Patria
Condition: no fold lines
Scale: 1:24,900 approx. Scale bar: 600 Toises [47 mm =].
26.5 x 23.3 cm (neatline)
37.1 x 23.6 cm (image)
28.1 x 24.8 cm (platemark)
27.1 x 23.6 cm (image of map)
39.1 x 31.6 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
BATAILLE DE BERGEN, / près Francfort, gagnée par M. le DUC DE BROGLIE, Lieutenant-Général des Armées du ROI, & Commandant / l’Armée du Mayn, sur l’Armée des Alliés, aux ordres de M. le PRINCE FERDINAND, le 13 Avril 1759. [top, above platemark, letterpress]
Additional text:
[bottom, below map, explanation to the letters, A-I, K-S, X-Y, on the map, letterpress:] Explication des Lettres relatives au Plan.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Bergen 13 April 1759.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Battle of Bergen 13 April 1759; [bottom left, below old heading, black pencil:] 13 April. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Bergen Plan de la Bataille de Bergen pres de Fracfort, gagnée par le Duc de Broglie sur l’Armée des Alliées aux ordres du Prince Ferdinand, le 13 Avril 1759: par J.v. Schley. chez P. de Hondt, 1759.
Subject(s)
Bergen-Enkheim, Hesse, Germany (50°09'00"N 08°45'00"E)
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3 November 2024
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