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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 the Battle of Krefeld, 1758 (Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°20'00"N 06°34'00"E

1765

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; two engraved flaps printed from two separate copperplates on separate sheets of paper and pasted to the base map; hand coloured | Scale: 1:36,800 approx. | RCIN 732001.n

A map of the Battle of Krefeld on 23 June, and the movements of the Allied army between 14 June and 2 July 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north to top (compass rose).

Two paper flaps, pasted to the base map, give details of different positions of the troops during the action.

Additional text: [top right, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops during the campaign, A-I, K-T, V-W; AA-EE:] 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 left, 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: 1:36,800 approx. Scale bar: Echelle de deaux heures de Chemin, ou d’une Lieue d’Allemagne [208 mm =].

    51.0 x 41.4 cm (neatline)

    51.8 x 41.9 cm (image)

    53.0 x 43.1 cm (platemark)

    64.3 x 47.8 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / de la / BATAILLE / de CREVELD / donée le 23 Juin 1758. / contenant les Mouvements de l’Armée / alliée depuis le 14 Juin jusqu’au / 2.me Juillet 1758. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [top right, in rococo cartouche, a key to the movements and actions of the troops during the campaign, A-I, K-T, V-W; AA-EE:] EXPLICATION DES LETTRES.

    Annotations:

    (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 14. (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)

    Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°20'00"N 06°34'00"E)

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024