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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 Minden, 1759 (Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E

1766

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:51,300 approx. | RCIN 732001.u

A map of the batteries and encampments of the Allied army, under the command of General Wangenheim, which surrounded Minden from 8 July 1759. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with south-south-east to top (cardinal points).

Additional text: [bottom right, in rococo cartouche, a brief account, and key, A-I, K-R, of the advance movements and entrenchments of General Wangenheim.]

Condition: one fold line; 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:] 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)
    Army-Prussia
  • Watermark: The monogram PvL

    Condition: one fold line; guarded into volume

  • Scale: 1:51,300 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d’un Lieu d’Allemagne 6000 Pas [95 mm =].

    52.1 x 70.1 cm (neatline)

    54.1 x 70.7 cm (image)

    55.2 x 73.1 cm (platemark)

    64.7 x 93.2 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    PLAN / du / SIEGE DE MINDEN. [bottom left, in rococo cartouche]

    Additional text:

    [bottom right, in rococo cartouche, a brief account, and key, A-I, K-R, of the advance movements and entrenchments of General Wangenheim.]

    Annotations:

    (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 21.

    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)

    Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (52°17'00"N 08°55'00"E)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024